# EAST POPLAR OIL FIELD - BIERE 1-22 WELL
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2001 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `51829`
- **Case Number:** 08-2001-0119
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $1.20M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT IS ISSUED     TO PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES CONCERNING CONTAMINATION OF AN  UNDERGROUND SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER CAUSED BY AN OIL WELL   KNOWN AS THE BIERE 1-22 WELL, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE EAST   POPLAR OIL FIELD ON THE FORT PECK INDIAN RESERVATION.        THIS PRESENTS AN IMMEDIATE AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO   THE HEALTH OF PERSONS RESIDING IN THE AREA.  RESPONDENT IS   ORDERED TO STOP THE BIERE 1-22 WELL FROM CONTAMINATING THE   QUATERNARY DEPOSITS AQUIFER WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS EAOC.  PIONEER SHALL SUBMIT A WELL CONTAINMENT  AND MONITORING PLAN.

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