EPA v. CHESAPEAKE APPLACHIA (27 SITES)

Case summary

RESOLVES UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL AT 27 LOCATIONS IN WEST VIRGINIA.

Defendants (1)

• CHESAPEAKE APPLACHIA, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (27)

• CHESAPEAKE APPLACHIA, LLC - RAY BAKER WELL PAD

  4,000 S INTERSECT. OF FISH CREEK RD/VALLEY RUN RD, NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV, 26055

  Registry ID: 110043712480

• CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, LLC - TALL TREES

  KANAWHA HEAD-BUCKHANNON AND DEMASTIC, ROCK CAVE, WV, 26234

  Registry ID: 110044217932

• FLOYD JOHNSON WELL PAD

  0.43 MI N OF PYLES RIDGE AND COUNTY ROAD 89, CAMERON, WV, 26033

  Registry ID: 110056157028

• CHESAPEAKE APPLACHIA, LLC - BLAKE FORK

  BLAKE FORK (COUNTY RD 1/13), NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV, 26155

  Registry ID: 110043257392

• DELMAR LIGHT WELL PAD

  COUNTY ROUTE 20/7, BUCHANNON, WV, 26201

  Registry ID: 110058294778

• CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, LLC - RALPH G LIPPS WELL PAD

  0.71 MI NE OF WV-4 AND WV-20, ROCK CAVE, WV, 26234

  Registry ID: 110056132545

• CHESAPEAKE APPLACHIA, LLC - EVICK PROPERTY

  TEAGARDEN LANE (COUNTY RD 92/1), CAMERON, WV, 26033

  Registry ID: 110043257365

• CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, LLC - JAMES OGDEN WELL PAD

  0.26 MI E OF HOLLY GROVE AND ALEXANDER-HELVETIA RD, FRENCH CREEK, WV, 26218

  Registry ID: 110056132812

• CHESAPEAKE APPLACHIA - PLEASANT RIDGE COMPRESSOR STATION

  ALONG ROBINSON RIDGE (COUNTY HIGHWAY 86/2), BANNEN, WV, 26039

  Registry ID: 110057184782

• SAMMY L STEWART ETUX 1 WELL PAD

  3.6 MILES NE OF FRAME WV ON CO RT 43, FRAME, WV, 25071

  Registry ID: 110058294732

• CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, LLC - COASTAL FOREST RESOURCES #3

  0.46 MI SE OF LAUREL RUN GANES-CRADDOCK AND TOMCAT, ROCK CAVE, WV, 26234

  Registry ID: 110056132910

• CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, LLC - BUZZARD IMPOUNDMENT

  1000 LINEAR FT NW FISH CREEK RD/GREENFIELD RIDGE, CAMERON, WV, 26033

  Registry ID: 110043460509

• CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, LLC - RINE WELL PAD

  0.16 MI W OF PYLES RIDGE AND COUNTY ROAD 89, CAMERON, WV, 26033

  Registry ID: 110056157064

• CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, LLC - HOHMAN PIT

  0.29 MI SOUTH OF CO RD 1/12 AND CO RD 1/13, NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV, 26155

  Registry ID: 110056156966

• CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, LLC - GORDON STANSBERRY WELL PAD

  BLAKE RIDGE (COUNTY RD 1/1/14), NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV, 26155

  Registry ID: 110043257310

• …and 12 more

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
• CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CHESAPEAKE APPLACHIA (27 SITES)entered 2014-03-11

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $1,600,000 · State/local: $1,600,000

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 2011-09-29Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2011-10-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2013-12-19Final Order Lodged
• 2013-12-19Complaint Filed With Court
• 2014-03-11Final Order Entered
• 2014-03-11Concluded
• 2014-03-11Enforcement Action Closed