EPA v. HERCULES, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
4/7/04 - OIL SPILL SEEP ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. PENALTY PAID. ON JANUARY 5, 2004, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 375 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON A DITCH THAT DISCHARGES INTO AN UNNAMED CREEK TRIBUTARY TO THE BOUIE RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
Defendants (1)
- HERCULES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
HERCULES INCORPORATED
613 WEST 7TH STREET, HATTIESBURG, MS, 394011937
Registry ID: 110000377093
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
HERCULES, INC. (OIL SPILL SEEP)entered 2004-04-07
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2004-04-07Final Order Issued
- 2004-04-07Enforcement Action Closed
- 2004-04-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2004-06-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 121145
- Case number
- 04-2004-5024
- 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 04-2004-5024 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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