EPA v. WESTERN EXPRESS
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
8/5/05 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. PENALTY PAID. ON AUGUST 24, 2004, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 100 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED DITCH WHICH DISCHARGES INTO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF BLACK CREEK TRIBUTARY OF WHITE CREEK TRIBUTARY OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. 8/23/05 - PENALTY PAID. CASE CLOSED.
Defendants (1)
- WESTERN EXPRESSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL (WESTERN EXPRESS)
1-40 EAST AT MILE MARKER 341.5, ROCKWOOD, TN, 37854
Registry ID: 110024274337
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
WESTERN EXPRESSentered 2005-08-05
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2005-08-05Enforcement Action Closed
- 2005-08-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2005-08-05Final Order Issued
- 2005-08-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 154726
- Case number
- 04-2005-5024
- 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 04-2005-5024 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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