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MERIDIAN RESOURCE CORPORATION - WEST LAKE VERRET FIELD

Administrative - Formal · FY2002 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 42212

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Case

Case Number
06-2002-4807
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTIONS 311(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1321(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 1321(B)(6)(B)(I), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990. 2. MERIDIAN RESOURCE CORPORATION IN THE WEST LAKE VERRET FIELD BREAUX BRIDGE, ST. MARTIN PARISH, LOUISIANA 70517 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF 200 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON WEST LAKE VERRET AND AD- JOINING SHORELINES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 311(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $27,500 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.

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