EPA v. Williams Oil Company (Oil Spill SEEP)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
5/30/2002 - Expedited Spill Settlement Agreement assessing a penalty of $3,500. Respondent discharged 1,466 gallons of oil from its facility into or upon a drainage ditch discharging into an unnamed creek flowing into Black Creek tributary of Haw Riber part of the Cape Fear River Basin and adjoining shorelines.
Defendants (1)
- Williams Oil Company, Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL - WILCO #165
WILCO #165, BURLINGTON, NC, 27215
Registry ID: 110013693592
Statutes cited
- CWA 311[B][1] — Clean Water Act, OPA
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Williams Oil Companyentered 2002-05-30
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $3,500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2002-05-30Enforcement Action Closed
- 2002-05-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2002-05-30Final Order Issued
- 2002-11-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 88396
- Case number
- 04-2002-5045
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Clean Water Act, OPA
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2002-5045 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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