EPA v. EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.

Case summary

10/23/09 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $14,100. ALLEGATIONS: ON AUG 12, 2007, A TRANSFORMER, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE RESPONDENT, CONTAINING APPROX 10,000 GALLONS OF MINERAL OIL EXPLODED AND DISCHARGED APPROX 6,000 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON THE OHIO RIVER AND ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES. RESPONDENT'S AUG 12, 2007, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE OHIO RIVER AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES, AND, THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3, IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA.

Defendants (1)

• EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• SPURLOCK POWER STATION

  1301 WEST SECOND STREET, MAYSVILLE, KY, 41056

  Registry ID: 110012142127

• SPURLOCK POWER STATION

  1301 WEST SECOND STREET, MAYSVILLE, KY, 41056

  Registry ID: 110012142127

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE, INC.entered 2009-10-23

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $14,100

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2009-10-23Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2009-10-23Final Order Issued
• 2009-11-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2009-11-17Enforcement Action Closed