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WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION - HOGG SAND UNIT 'D'

Administrative - Formal · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 41613

$500
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2001-4535
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321(B)(6)(B)(I), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990. 2. WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION - HOGG SAND 'D' TANK BAT- TERY SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 19 WEST CAMDEN, OUACHITA COUNTY, ARKANSAS 71701 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF 20 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO SMACKOVER CREEK AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $500 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.

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