EPA v. MERU EARTH, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
10/3/05 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. ON NOVEMBER 13, 2004, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 800 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON THE HOLDING PIT WHICH LEACHED INTO AN UNNAMED BRANCH OR DITCH WHICH FLOWS INTO AN UNNAMED CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO THE MUD RIVER TRIBUTARY TO THE GREEN RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
Defendants (1)
- MERU EARTH, INC. (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL (MERU EARTH, INC.)
ARNOLD RIDGE ROAD & SEARLES ROAD, MORGANTOWN, KY, 42261
Registry ID: 110024540380
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MERU EARTH, INC.entered 2005-10-03
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2005-10-03Enforcement Action Closed
- 2005-10-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2005-10-03Final Order Issued
- 2005-11-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 164355
- Case number
- 04-2005-5051
- 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 04-2005-5051 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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