EPA v. QUARLES PETROLEUM, INCORPORATED (DICKINSON STORE)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321(b)(3) BY DISCHARGING APPROXIMATELY 45 BARRELS OF DIESEL AND KEROSENE INTO HARLOWS CREEK. AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT REACHED HARLOWS CREEK. HARLOWS CREEK IS A TRIBUTARY TO LAKE ANNA, A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY.
Defendants (1)
- QUARLES PETROLEUM, INCORPORATEDNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
DICKINSON STORE
5072 ZACHARY TAYLOR HIGHWAY, MINERAL, VA, 23117
Registry ID: 110064503461
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
QUARLES PETROLEUM, INCORPORATED (DICKINSON STORE)entered 2015-05-28
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $14,400
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2015-05-28Final Order Issued
- 2015-05-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2015-06-17Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600155065
- Case number
- 03-2015-0100
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 03
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-2015-0100 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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