← EPA enforcement cases

EXXON COMPANY/BELLE CREEK OIL FIELD

Administrative - Formal · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 49182

$17K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
08-1992-0197
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

RESPONDENT OWNS AND OPERATES A SECONDARY OIL RECOVERY FIELD IN POWDER RIVER COUNTY, MONTANA, WHICH IS AND WAS AT RELEVANT TIMES A POINT SOURCE WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 502 (14) OF THE ACT, 33 USC 1362 (14). ON 03/21/91, THE GILLETTE, WYOMING OFFICE REPORTED A 4 STEEL INJECTION LINE LOCATED IN THE SE QUARTER OF THE NW QUARTER OF SECTION 27, RANGE 8S, TOWNSHIP 54E IN THE BELLE CREEK OIL FIELD, HAD RUPTURED AND THAT APPROXIMATELY 800 BARRELS OF PRODUCED WATER HAD ENTERED BELLE CREEK, WHICH IS NAVIGABLE WATER WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECTION. PRODUCED WATER IS A POLLUTANT WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 502 (6). THE PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY IS $17,001.

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown