EPA v. Abott Laboratories, Inc. (SEEP)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
8/12/2002 - Expedited Spill Settlement Agreement assessing a penalty of $3,500. Respondent discharged 1,500 gallons of oil from its facility into or upon a storm water channel discharging into an unnamed tributary of Leith Creek lying within the Lumber Riber Subbasin, eventually reached the Little Pee Dee River and adjoining shorelines.
Defendants (1)
- Abott Laboratories, Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL - ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC.
HIGHWAY 401 & 501, LAURINBURG, NC, 28352
Registry ID: 110008460744
Statutes cited
- CWA 311[B][1] — Clean Water Act, OPA
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Abbott Laboratories, Inc.entered 2002-08-12
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $3,500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2002-08-12Enforcement Action Closed
- 2002-08-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2002-08-12Final Order Issued
- 2002-11-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 88388
- Case number
- 04-2002-5047
- 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 04-2002-5047 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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