'ON OR ABOUT SPTEMBER 3, 1998, RESPONDENTS DISCHARGED APPROX. 15,000 GALLONS OF OIL FROM THE FACILITY. THE FACILITY HAS A VERTICAL AND A HORIZONTAL ABOVE-GROUND STORAGE TANK (AST) FOR STORING NO. 5 FUEL OIL USED FOR A BOILER. THE VERTICAL AST IS A 20,000-GALLON TANK, AND THE HORIZONTAL AST IS A 25,000-GALLON TANK. ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 3, 1998, THE ELECTRICAL PUMP TO THE HORIZONTAL TANK WAS ACTIVIATED AND NO. 5 FUEL OIL WAS PUMPED TO THE BOILER ROOM. FUEL OIL WAS DISCHARGED FROM A BROKEN PIPE CONNECTOR INTO THE SUMP. ONE OF THE PIPES ON THE SUMP VALVE WAS NOT CONNECTED, AND FUEL OIL WAS DICHARGED INTO AN ADJACENT UNNAMED DITCH. THE DISCHARGE FLOWED FROM THE DITCH INTO A NEARBY WETLAND AREA WHICH DISCHARGES TO THE TAYLOR AND CRAWFORD CREEKS WHICH FLOW TO CHOCOWINITY BAY AND EVENTUALLY THE PAMLICO RIVER