EPA v. Ownbey Enterprises, Inc. (Oil Spill SEEP)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
5/28/2002 - Expedited Spill Settlement Agreement assessing a penalty of $3,500. Respondent discharged approximately 1,600 gallons of oil from its facility into or upon a drainage ditch entering a drainage pipe emptying into Tar Creek tributary to Drowning Bear Creek, tributary to Conasauga River, and adjoining shorelines.
Defendants (1)
- Ownbey Enterprises, Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL
20 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY, DALTON, GA, 30720
Registry ID: 110013588055
Statutes cited
- CWA 311F — Oil Removal Cost Recovery
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Ownbey Enterprises, Inc.entered 2002-05-28
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $3,500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2002-05-28Enforcement Action Closed
- 2002-05-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2002-05-28Final Order Issued
- 2002-11-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 88415
- Case number
- 04-2002-5035
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil Removal Cost Recovery
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2002-5035 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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