# LBG OPERATING COMPANY, AN OKLAHOMA COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2002 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `41826`
- **Case Number:** 06-2002-1124
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LBG OPERATING COMPANY (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ),     42 U.S.C. SECTION 300H-2(C).                              2. LBG OPERATING COMPANY, AN OKLAHOMA COMPANY                   P.O. BOX 552                                                 FAIRFAX, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74637                        WELLS:                                                       NO. 1, OS1206, SE/4, SEC. 10, T20 N, R11 E                   NO. 1, OS4030, NW/4, SEC. 24, T26 N, R4 E                    NO. 5, OS3736, NW/4, SEC. 24, T26 N, R4 E                    NO. 6, OS5468, NW/4, SEC. 8, T25 N, R4 E                     NO. 2, OS5460, SW/4, SEC. 12, T25 N, R6 E                    NO. 8, OS5181, NE/4, SEC. 28, T25 N, R6 E                 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1421 OF THE SDWA      BY: 1) FAILURE TO PLUG AND ABANDON WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER     TERMINATION OF INJECTION OPERATIONS; 2) MAINTAINING IN-      JECTION WELLS IN A MANNER THAT COULD ALLOW FLUID MOVEMENT    INTO UNDERGROUND SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER; AND 3) FAIL-     URE TO SUBMIT ANNUAL OPERATION REPORTS.                   4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SDWA,       EPA ISSUED A PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT         WOULD REQUIRE THE RESPONDENT TO: A) PLUG THE EXISTING        WELLS ACCORDING TO REGULATIONS BY JUN. 1, 2002; B) COM-      PLETE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ON WELL NO. 6 NECESSARY TO PRO-     TECT USDWS FROM CONTAMINATION DUE TO FLUID MOVEMENT THRU     THE WELL BORE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTE

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