EPA v. Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Oil Spill SEEP)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
5/20/03 - OIL SPILL SEEP, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. PENALTY PAID. ON FEBRUARY 16, 2003, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 106 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE GREEN RIVER TRIBUTARY TO THE OHIO RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. CASE CLOSED.
Defendants (1)
- WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL (WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.)
WEST KENTUCKY PARKWAY AT GREEN RIVER BRIDGE, ROCKPORT, KY, 42369
Registry ID: 110015755789
Statutes cited
- CWA 311F — Oil Removal Cost Recovery
Enforcement conclusions (1)
WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC. (OIL SPILL SEEP)entered 2003-05-20
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2003-05-20Enforcement Action Closed
- 2003-05-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2003-05-20Final Order Issued
- 2003-07-17Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 99383
- Case number
- 04-2003-5029
- 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 04-2003-5029 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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