EPA v. S. T. WOOTEN CORPORATION
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
10/1/2007 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,500. ON MAY 7, 2007, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 3,000 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON A DIVERSION DITCH THAT FLOWED INTO A PERMANENT DITCH THAT FLOWED INTO THE DROP INLET OF A STORM DRAIN SYSTEM THAT FLOWED INTO THE LITTLE CREEK WHICH FLOWED INTO SWIFT CREEK WHICH DISCHARGES INTO THE NEUSE RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
Defendants (1)
- S. T. WOOTEN CORPORATION (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL (S.T. WOOTEN CORP.)
RANCH ROAD WEST OF LITTLE CREEK, CLAYTON, NC, 27520
Registry ID: 110032625808
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
S. T. WOOTEN CORPORATIONentered 2007-10-01
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $4,500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2007-10-01Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2007-10-01Final Order Issued
- 2007-10-10Enforcement Action Closed
- 2007-10-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600070509
- Case number
- 04-2007-5026
- 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 04-2007-5026 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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