EPA v. UNC HOSPITALS (UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
4/25/07 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,000. ON JANUARY 22, 2006, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 926 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF THE MEETING OF THE WATERS CREEK WHIHC FLOWS INTO MORGAN CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO JORDAN LAKE AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
Defendants (1)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL - UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS
101 MANNING DRIVE, CHAPEL HILL, NC, 27514
Registry ID: 110001499450
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
UNC HOSPITALS (UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS)entered 2007-04-25
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $3,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2007-04-25Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2007-04-25Final Order Issued
- 2007-05-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2007-05-25Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600041731
- Case number
- 04-2007-5001
- 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 04-2007-5001 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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