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 Salt Creek, located at Northwest Quarter of Section 11, Township 14 North, Range 11 East, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. The EPA observed the facility had discharged brine during inspections conducted on November 8, 2006, December 4, 2006, and December 21, 2006.
RELIEF: The Class I Complaint proposes a penalty of $19,000 for the violations. No SEP has been performed by the Respondent to reduce the proposed penalty.