EPA v. EQT GATHERING, LLC (WEST VIRGINIA-EQT GATHERING FACILITY)

Case summary

ON DECEMBER 3, 2013, REGION III FINALIZED A SUPER CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER AGAINST EQT GATHERING, LLC ( EQT ) TO RESOLVE RESPONDENT'S LIABILITY FOR A VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, AS AMENDED ( CWA ). ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 27, 2012, EIGHT AND THREE TENTHS (8.3) BARRELS OF PETROLEUM CONDENSATE WERE DISCHARGED FROM RESPONDENT'S ABOVE-GROUND STEEL CONDENSATE TANK AT ITS FACILITY IN WEST UNION, DODDRIDGE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. TEN (10) GALLONS OF THE DISCHARGE ENTERED THE WATERS OF DRY RUN, WHICH IS A TRIBUTARY TO THE SOUTH FORK HUGHES RIVER, WHICH FURTHER IS A TRIBUTARY TO THE HUGHES RIVER, AND WHICH IS, IN TURN, A TRIBUTARY TO THE LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER, A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY OF THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO CWA SECTION 502(7), 33 U.S.C. § 1362(7), AND 40 C.F.R. § 110.1 EPA PROPOSED AND EQT SUBSEQUENTLY AGREED TO PAY A PENALTY OF $6,300.00.

Defendants (1)

• EQT GATHERING, LLC (WV EQT GATHERING FACILITY)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WEST VIRGINIA-EQT GATHERING, LLC

  COUNTY ROAD 19/11, WEST UNION, WV, 26456

  Registry ID: 110056395930

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• EQT GATHERING, LLC (WEST VIRGINIA-EQT GATHERING FACILITY)entered 2013-12-03

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $6,300

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2013-12-03Final Order Issued
• 2013-12-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2013-12-17Enforcement Action Data Entered