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 Salt Creek, located at Southwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 15 North, Range 11 East, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. The EPA observed the facility had discharged brine during inspections conducted on December 21, 2006, and March 27, 2007.
RELIEF: The Class I Complaint proposes a penalty of $10,000 for the violations. A SEP has been performed by the Respondent to reduce the proposed penalty. The SEP was in the form of Environmental Restoration and Protection The SEP and consisted of the following: removing old equipment; reconstructing secondary containment; installing a sump pump; installing a plastic liner; and performing extensive soil reconditioning.