# MOOSE OIL CO
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Default Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4241`
- **Case Number:** 02-1991-0251
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Default Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $138K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KENNEMUTH, RICHARD L. (settlement)
- MOOSE OIL CO (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A CIVIL REFERRAL UNDER THE SDWA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300H REGARDING THE BRADENBROOK, MYRTLE, TULLAR AND POLLY     PROPERTIES IN THE TOWN OF BOLIVAR, ALLEGANY COUNTY, NY.        MOOSE OIL CO IS THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF 78 CLASS II INJECT-  ION WELLS LOCATED AT THE FACILITY LISTED ABOVE.  MOOSE OIL   CO IS IN VIOLATION OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT, ITS       IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS, AND FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER,    DOCKET NO. UIC-AO-87-5.  SPECIFICALLY, MOOSE OIL CO HAS      FAILED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ASSURANCE;        SUBMIT AN APPROVABLE PLUGGING AND ABANDONMENT PLAN; CASE AND CEMEMT EACH INJECTION; SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORTS SUMMARIZING     RESULTS OF REQUIRED MONITORING.                                THE PROPOSED RELIEF SOUGHT IS A JUDICIAL ORDER DIRECTING   MOOSE OIL CO TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF FINAL ADMIN-        ISTRATIVE ORDER AND THE IMPOSITION OF A CIVIL PENALTY.         EPA ISSUED A FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON 9/27/88.  MOOSE OIL CO FILED AN APPEAL OF THE ORDER WITH THE U.S. DISTRICT   COURT ON 10/25/88.  ON 8/3/90, THE COURT DISMISSED THE       APPEAL AND UPHELD THE FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER.              THE FACILITY WAS INSPECTED BY AN EPA INSPECTOR ON JUNE 24  AND 25, 1991.                                                BRADENBROOK, MYRTLE, TULLAR AND POLLY                        PROPERTIES, LOTS 19 AND 27                                   TOWN OF BOLIVAR, ALLEGANY COUNTY, NY                         OWNERSHIP:  PRIVATE                   

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