EPA v. All Points Express, Inc. (Oil Spill)

Case summary

1/13/03 - OIL SPILL SEEP ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. PENALTY PAID. ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2002, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX. 150 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON A HIGHWA 78 CURB GUTTER, FLOWING INTO THE CINDY LANE CURB GUTTER WITH OUTFALL INTO AN UNDERGROUND STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM DISCHARGING INTO VILLAGE CREEK, FLOWING INTO BABY LAKE, THENCE INTO THE WARRIOR RIVER, AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGED CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF OR THE ADJOINING SHORELINE OF THE HIGHWAY 78 CURB GUTTER CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH SURFACE, AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3

Defendants (1)

• ALL POINTS EXPRESS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL SPILL AT FORESTDALE VETERINARY CLINIC (ALL POINTS EXPRESS, INC.)

  AT OR NEAR HIGHWAY 78 AND CINDY LANE, FORESTDALE, AL, 35214

  Registry ID: 110014420386

Statutes cited

• CWA 311[B][1] — Clean Water Act, OPA

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ALL POINTS EXPRESS, INC. (OIL SPILL SEEP)entered 2003-01-13

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2003-01-13Enforcement Action Closed
• 2003-01-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2003-01-13Final Order Issued
• 2003-04-12Enforcement Action Data Entered