12/23/02 - CAFO ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $23,192. ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 16, 1999, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 500 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON THE LEONARD CREEK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES IN LEXINGTON, NC.
ON OR ABOUT MARCH 8, 10, 11, 12, AND 23, 2000, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED A TOTAL OF APPROX. 3,020 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON THE RICH FORK CREEK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES IN THOMASVILLE, NC.
ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 20, 2000, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX. 500 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON BUCK CREEK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES IN BREMAN, GA.
ON OR ABOUT MARCH 2, 2001, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX. 3,600 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON THE MOBLEY CREEK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES IN WINSTON, GA.
EACH OF RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGES OF OIL CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF LEONARD CREEK, RICH FORK CREEK, BUCK CREEK, AND MOBLEY CREEK, AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3