EPA v. ENERGY DISPATCH, LLC
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
9/28/04 - COMPLAINT FILED. ALLEGATIONS: ON JULY 17, 2001, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 7,550 GALLON OF OIL FROM ITS TANKER-TRUCK INTO OR UPON THE HOYLE CREEK AND ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES. DISCHARGE WAS LOCATED APPROX 15 MILES FROM A PUBLIC WATER INTAKE. FISH AND SNAKE KILLS WERE NOTED AFTER THE DISCHARGE INTO HOYLE CREEK. IN ADDITION, THE DISCHARGE NECESSITATED A MULTI-YEAR CLEANUP WHERE APPROX 88,421 GALLONS OF CONTAMINATED WATER AND 175 TONS OF CONTAMINATED SOIL WERE REMOVED FROM THE SPILL SITE
Defendants (1)
- ENERGY DISPATCH, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL (ENERGY DISPATCH, LLC)
OFF OF HIGHWAY 27, BOGER CITY, NC, 28092
Registry ID: 110018921620
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ENERGY DISPATCH, LLCentered 2005-05-06
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $4,950
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2004-09-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2004-09-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2005-05-06Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 129704
- Case number
- 04-2004-5140
- 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 04-2004-5140 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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