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UNIQUE OIL, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY2002 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 41919

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Cost recovery
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Case

Case Number
06-2002-1750
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ) 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1318(A) AND 1319(A). 2. UNIQUE OIL, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION SE/4, SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST SKIATOOK, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74070 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF PRODUCED WATER AND OIL FROM THE CONTAINMENT PIT TO SKIATOOK LAKE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) IMMEDIATELY CEASE ALL UN- PERMITTED DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS FROM THE FACILITY; B) WITHIN 30 DAYS, TAKE THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIVE ACTION TO ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED: 1) DRAIN THE CONTAINMENT PIT AND ENSURE PROPER INSTALLA- TION OF THE SUMP PUMP; 2) CONTAIN THE SALTWATER PUMP IN ORDER TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL CONTAMINATION; AND 3) CONTAIN ALL LEAKING EQUIPMENT AND CONNECTIONS TO PREVENT ADDI- TIONAL CONTAMINATION; AND C) UPON COMPLETION OF THOSE TASKS, BUT WITHIN 30 DAYS, SCHEDULE AND MEET WITH AN EPA FIELD INSPECTOR TO CONFIRM THAT THE TASKS HAVE BEEN COM- PLETED.

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