# SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2002 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `41987`
- **Case Number:** 06-2002-1818
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $2K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION (settlement)
## 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. SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION     SW/4, SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST            DRUMRIGHT, CREEK COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74030                   3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     THE ILLEGAL DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS (BRINE) TO WATERS OF    THE U.S.                                                  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 CEASE THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUT-     ANTS IMMEDIATELY AND TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION: A) WITHIN    30 DAYS, TAKE THE CORECTIVE ACTION TO ELIMINATE AND PRE-     VENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED: 1) SUBMIT A         SHORT REPORT DETAILING THE CLEANUP EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN AT     THE SITEOF THE DISCHARGE, AND 2) PREVENT FURTHER DIS-        CHARGE OF POLLUTANTS FROM THE AREA CONTAMINATED BY THE       BRINE DISCHARGES AND NEUTRALIZE THE CONTAMINATED AREA        SURROUNDING AND DOWN GRADIENT OF THE SALTWATER STORAGE       TANK; AND B) UPON COMPLETING THE TASKS SPECIFIED AND WITH    IN 30 DAYS, SCHEDULE AND MEET WITH AN EPA FIELD INSPECTOR    TO CONFIRM THAT THE TASKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

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