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MERIT ENERGY COMPANY - CRUDE OIL FLOW LINE FROM WELL 74

Administrative - Formal · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 41633

$500
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2001-4555
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
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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. MERIT ENERGY COMPANY - CRUDE OIL FLOW LINE FROM WELL 74 TO MAIN TANK BATTERY PITTSBURG UNIT, RRC 03286, ROBERT WYRES SURVEY, A-125 PITTSBURG, CAMP COUNTY, TEXAS 75646 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF 5 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON RAIN WATER CREEK AND NORTH LILLY 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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