EPA v. JACKSONVILLE ELECTRIC AUTHORITY (JEA)

Case summary

3/22/2011 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $33,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: ON OR ABOUT MARCH 5, 2009, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 47.6 BARRELS OF OIL INTO OR UPON TROUT RIVER AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES. RESPONDENT'S MARCH 5, 2009 DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF TROUT 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)

• JACKSONVILLE ELETRIC AUTHORITYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• JACKSONVILLE ELETRIC AUTHORITY

  BURIED PIPE UNDERNEATH THE TROUT RIVER, JACKSONVILLE, FL, 32208

  Registry ID: 110043473023

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• JACKSONVILLE ELECTRIC AUTHORITYentered 2011-03-22

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $33,000

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2011-03-22Final Order Issued
• 2011-03-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2011-03-29Enforcement Action Data Entered