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LBG OPERATING COMPANY, AN OKLAHOMA COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY2002 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 41835

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Case Number
06-2002-1136
Type
Administrative - Formal
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EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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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 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VILATION OF SECTION 1421 OF THE SDWA BY: 1) FAILURE TO PLUG AND ABANDON WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER TERMINATION OF INJECTION OPERATIONS; AND 2) MAINTAINING INJECTION WELLS IN A MANNER THAT COULD ALLOW FLUID MOVE- MENT INTO UNDERGROUND SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SDWA, EPA ISSUED A FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) ON OR BEFORE JUL. 1, 2002, PLUG WELL NO. C-1 AND WELL NO. C-5 ACCORDING TO REGULATIONS; B) ON OR BEFORE JUL. 1, 2002, COMPLETE CORRECTIVE ACTION ON WELL NO. R6 NECESSARY TO PROTECT USDWS FROM CONTAMINA- TION DUE TO FLUID MOVEMENT THROUGH THE WELL BORE WITHIN 30 DAYS,; AND C) ON OR BEFORE DEC. 31, 2002, PLUG WELL NO. 1 ACCORDING TO REGULATIONS.

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