EPA v. PIGOTT OIL COMPANY, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
8/23/06 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,000, DUE WITHIN 7 DAYS. ON NOVEMBER 3, 2005, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 3,500 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE ROADSIDE DITCH JUST NORTH OF ALLEN ROAD ON HIGHWAY 35 IN MARION COUNTY WITH OUTFALL INTO HOLIDAY CREEK WHICH IS A TRIBUTARY TO THE PEARL RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
Defendants (1)
- PIGOTT OIL COMPANY, INC. (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL AT WESTERN RESOURCES, INC. (PIGOTT OIL CO., INC.)
HIGHWAY 35, TYLERTOWN, MS, 39667
Registry ID: 110028230698
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
PIGOTT OIL COMPANY, INC.entered 2006-08-23
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $5,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2006-08-23Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2006-08-23Final Order Issued
- 2006-09-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2006-09-05Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600002406
- Case number
- 04-2006-5010
- 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 04-2006-5010 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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