EPA v. WILCOX ENERGY COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
8/13/2009 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS. ON JANUARY 29, 2009, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE UNNAMED DRAIN FLOWING INTO FOLKS CREEK WHICH JOINS SOUTH FORK COLES CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
Defendants (1)
- WILCOX ENERGY CORP. (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL (WILCOX ENERGY CORPORATION)
AT OR NEAR HALL #1 SWD AT OR NEAR FOLKS PLACE #1, CHURCH HILL, MS, 39120
Registry ID: 110040061198
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
WILCOX ENERGY COMPANYentered 2009-08-13
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2009-08-13Final Order Issued
- 2009-08-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2009-08-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2009-08-26Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 1800015424
- Case number
- 04-2009-5019
- 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 04-2009-5019 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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