EPA v. CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY DBA PROGRESS ENERGY
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
5/2/2007 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,640. ON JUNE 29, 2005, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY 45 GALLONS OF NON-PCB MINERAL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE BOAT HARBOR AT CAROLINA BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA. IN VIOLATION OF CWA SECTION 311(b)(3).
Defendants (2)
- PROGRESS ENERGY CAROLINAS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
- CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL (PROGRESS ENERGY)
608 CAROLINA AVENUE, CAROLINA BEACH, NC, 28428
Registry ID: 110030915703
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
PROGRESS ENERGYentered 2007-05-02
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $1,640
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2007-05-02Final Order Issued
- 2007-05-02Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2007-05-23Enforcement Action Closed
- 2007-05-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600044004
- Case number
- 04-2007-5158
- 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 04-2007-5158 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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