# TEXACO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52797`
- **Case Number:** 09-1997-0091
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TEXACO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CASE INVOLVES DISCHARGES OF PRODUCED WATER AND OIL FROM  THE OIL FIELDS LEASED BY TEXACO, AN INTERNATIONAL OIL        COMPANY, ON NAVAJO LANDS IN UTAH.  TEXACO DOES NOT HAVE      A CWA PERMIT FOR THESE DISCHARGES AND IS THEREFORE IN        VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE ACT.  THE UNAUTHORIZED    DISCHARGES ARE TO NUMEROUS DRY WASHES AND OTHER TRIBUTORIES  TO THE SAN JUAN RIVER.  THE DISCHARGES OF OIL MAY ALSO BE    VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 311 OF THE CWA.  IN ADDITION, TEXACO   HAS FAILED TO FULLY IMPLEMENT AN ADEQUATE SPILL PREVENTION   CONTROL AND COUNTERMEASURES ( SPCC ) PLAN AT THE OIL         FIELDS. THE CIVIL ACTION SEEKS IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO           INCREASE TEXACO'S EFFORTS TO PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN   ITS PIPING SYSTEMS TO PREVENT DISCHARGES.  IT ALSO SEEKS     CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PAST VIOLATIONS.  THIS CASE MAY          RAISE ISSUES OF WHETHER DRY WASHES ARE  WATERS OF THE        U.S.  UNDER THE CWA.

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