EPA v. ERGON REFINING, INC.

Case summary

6/29/10 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. AGREEMENT STATES: ON JANUARY 16, 2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 500 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE UNDERGROUND TRUCK LINE FLOWING INTO THE DITCH FLOWING INTO THE YAZOO RIVER DIVERSION TRIBUTARY TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. RESPONDENT JANUARY 16, 2010, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OR THE ADJOINING SHORELINE OF THE YAZOO RIVER DIVERSION CANAL, OR CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURFACE, AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 110.3.

Defendants (1)

• ERGON REFINING, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (3)

• OIL SPILL (ERGON REFINING, INC.)

  2611 HAINING ROAD, VICKSBURG, MS, 39180

  Registry ID: 110000376575

• OIL SPILL (ERGON REFINING, INC.)

  2611 HAINING ROAD, VICKSBURG, MS, 39180

  Registry ID: 110000376575

• OIL SPILL (ERGON REFINING, INC.)

  2611 HAINING ROAD, VICKSBURG, MS, 39180

  Registry ID: 110000376575

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ERGON REFINING, INC.entered 2010-06-29

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2010-06-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2010-06-29Final Order Issued
• 2010-07-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-07-09Enforcement Action Closed