EPA v. CAPACHE TRANSPORTATION, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
1/20/04 - OIL SPILL SEEP ISSUED, ASSESSING A $500 PENALTY. PENALTY PAID. ON JULY 1, 2003, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 200 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY DOWN AN EMBANKMENT INTO HOBACHITA CREEK TO PEARL RIVER TRIBUTARY TO LAKE BORGNE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
Defendants (1)
- CAPACHE TRANSPORTATION, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL (CAPACHE TRANSPORTATION, INC.)
I-59 SOUTHBOUND BETWEEN EXITS 4 & 6, PICAYUNE, MS, 39466
Registry ID: 110016764107
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CAPACHE TRANSPORTATION, INC. (OIL SPILL SEEP)entered 2004-01-20
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2004-01-20Enforcement Action Closed
- 2004-01-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2004-01-20Final Order Issued
- 2004-01-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 110646
- Case number
- 04-2004-5008
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2004-5008 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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