EPA v. KOBEWIELAND COPPER PRODUCTS, LLC

Case summary

6/11/2010 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500.00. AGREEMENT STATES: ON FEBRUARY 28, 2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 300 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE UNNAMED CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO THE DAN RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. RESPONDENT'S FEBRUARY 28, 2010, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OR THE ADJOINING SHORELINE OF THE UNNAMED CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO THE DAN RIVER, OR CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURFACE, AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 110.3.

Defendants (1)

• KOBEWIELAND COPPER PRODUCTS, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL SPILL (KOBE WIELAND COPPER PRODUCTS, LLC)

  3990 US HIGHWAY 331, PINE HALL, NC, 27042

  Registry ID: 110041876244

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• KOBEWIELAND COPPER PRODUCTS, LLCentered 2010-06-11

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2010-06-11Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2010-06-11Final Order Issued
• 2010-06-23Enforcement Action Closed
• 2010-07-01Enforcement Action Data Entered