EPA v. CATERPILLAR REMAN POWERTRAIN

Case summary

7/27/2010 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,000. ON MARCH 22, 2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 2,000 GALLONS OF OIL AS DEFINED IN SECTION 311(a)(1) OF THE ACT, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE GREEN BAY BRANCH WHICH FLOWS INTO THE CYPRESS SWAMP WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE ASHLEY RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. RESPONDENT'S MARCH 22, 2010, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OR THE ADJOINING SHORELINE OF THE GREEN BAY BRANCH 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)

• CATERPILLAR REMAN POWERTRAINNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL SPILL (CATERPILLAR REMAN POWERTRAIN)

  MCQUEEN BLVD. AND THORPE ST., SUMERVILLE, SC, 29483

  Registry ID: 110041200606

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CATERPILLAR REMAN POWERTRAINentered 2010-07-27

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $4,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2010-07-27Final Order Issued
• 2010-07-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2010-08-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-09-03Enforcement Action Closed