VIOLATIONS: The Respondent's oil field facility was a point source discharge of pollutants, specifically oil field brine (produced water), to the receiving waters of a tributary of Hominy Creek, located in Osage County, Oklahoma. The EPA observed the facility had discharged brine during a November 17, 2005 inspection.
RELIEF: The Class I Complaint proposes up to a $32,500 penalty for the violations. An environmental restoration and protection SEP has been negotiated with VIV-ED Oil Corporation and the Consent Agreement and Final Order contains the details of the project. The amount of the SEP must be at least $4,751, and the final cash penalty required is $1,000. An EPA inspection conducted on May 15, 2006 indicated the SEP was completed.