# MERIT ENERGY COMPANY - CRUDE OIL FLOW LINE FROM WELL 74
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `41633`
- **Case Number:** 06-2001-4555
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $500
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MERIT ENERGY COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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