# SINCLAIR OIL CORPORATION D/B/A SUNLIGHT RANCH COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `48053`
- **Case Number:** 08-1987-0117
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $15K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SINCLAIR OIL CORP D/B/A SUNLIGHT RANCH (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION PURSUANT TO CLEAN WATER ACT        SECTION 309(B), 33 USC 1319(B), FOR VIOLATIONS OF CLEAN      WATER ACT SECTION 301, 33 USC 1311.  THE VIOLATIONS ARE THE  RESULT OF CERTAIN STREAM CHANNELIZATION ACTIVITIES ENTAILING DISCHARGES OF FILL MATERIAL TO THE LITTLE BIG HORN RIVER IN  SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA WHICH WERE DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT       ISSUED PURSUANT TO CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 404, 33 USC 1344. THE REGION REGARDS THE VIOLATIONS TO BE SERIOUS BECAUSE OF   THE HIGH DEGREE OF HARM CAOUSED BY THESE ACTIVITIES AND      SIMILAR ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST.  HOWEVER, AFTER CAREFUL      EVALUATION, WE DO NOT CONSIDER THIS CASE APPROPRIATE FOR     CRIMINAL ACTION.                                                THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THIS REFERRAL IS TO PUT IN PLACE AN ENFORCEABLE STREAM RESTORATION PLAN TO REMEDY THE HARM    CAUSED BY THE VIOLATIONS AND TO SEEK FOR THE VIOLATIONS TO   DETER BOTH THE DEFENDANT AND OTHERS IN THE AREA WHO HAVE     ON OCCASION IN THE PAST DONE SIMILAR WORK.                      THIS REFERRAL IS RELATED TO THE REFERRRAL AGAINST NELSON  BUNKER HUNT, THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE RANCH WHO COMMITTED   THE SAME TYPE OF VIOLATIONS IN THE PAST.                        THE REGION HAS COORDINATED WITH THE OMAHA DISTRICT OF     THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ON THE PRESENT ENFORCEMENT  ACTION.  THIS ACTION REPRESENTS THE FIRST SUCH EPA JUDICIAL  ENFORCEMENT ACTION IN THE STATE OF MONTANA AND IS PART OF    OUR INCREASED ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE IN T

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