EPA v. BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE, INC.

Case summary

2/1/2011 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. RESPONDENT SHALL SUBMIT PAYMENT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS. AGREEMENT ALLEGES: ON AUGUST 4, 2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 500 GALLONS OF OIL AS DEFINED IN SECTION 311(a)(1) OF THE ACT, 33 U.S.C SECTION 1321(a)(1), FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE TURTLE RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE TURTLE RIVER, WHICH FLOWS INTO THE BRUNSWICK RIVER AND THE BUFFALO RIVER, IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE UNITED STATES, SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SECTION 311 OF THE ACT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 402(7) OF THE ACT, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1362(7), AND 40 C.F.R. SECTION 110.1. RESPONDENT'S AUGUST 4, 2010, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OR THE ADJOINING SHORELINE OF THE TURTLE RIVER 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 C.F.R. SECTION 110.3.

Defendants (1)

• BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (16)

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• OIL SPILL - BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE INC

  1400 W 9TH ST PO BOX 1438, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31521

  Registry ID: 110020517412

• …and 1 more

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• BRUNSWICK CELLULOSE, INC.entered 2011-02-01

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2011-02-01Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2011-02-01Final Order Issued
• 2011-02-11Enforcement Action Closed
• 2011-02-11Enforcement Action Data Entered