# TARWATER OIL AND GAS, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2002 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `41988`
- **Case Number:** 06-2002-1819
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $2K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TARWATER OIL AND GAS (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. TARWATER OIL AND GAS, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION                NE/4, SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST           HENRYETTA, OKMULGEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74437                3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     THE ILLEGAL DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS (BRINE) FROM ITS         FACILITY INTO 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 IMMEDIATELY CEASE THE DISCHARGE    OF POLLUTANTS IMMEDIATELY AND: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS, TAKE       THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS: 1) FLUSH THE CHANNEL DRAINING INTO    THE TRIBUTARY OF SNAKE CREEK WITH FRESH WATER, COLLECT       THE FLUSH WATER, REMOVE IT, AND PROPERLY DISPOSE OF IT,      AND 2) PREVENT FURTHER DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS FROM THE      AREA CONTAMINATED BY THE BRINE DISCHARGES AND NEUTRALIZE     THE CONTAMINATED AREA SURROUNDING AND DOWN GRADIENT OF       THE TANK BATTERY; AND B) UPON COMPLETING THE TASKS           SPECIFIED AND WITHIN 30 DAYS, SCHEDULE AND MEET WITH AN      EPA FIELD INSPECTOR TO CONFIRM THAT THE TASKS HAVE BEEN      COMPLETED.

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