EPA v. U.S. XPRESS, INC.

Case summary

4/17/2012 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGMT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. ON JULY 2, 2011, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 600 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CAIN RUN AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CAIN RUN, WHICH FLOWS INTO CROOKED CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO ROLLING FORK, WHICH FLOWS INTO SALT RIVER WHICH FLOWS INTO THE OHIO RIVER IS A NAVIGABLE WATER O THE U.S. REPSONDENT'S DISCHARGED CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE AF THE ADJOINING SHORELINES OF THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CAIN RUN, OR CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURFACE, AND THERE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.

Defendants (1)

• U.S. XPRESS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• OIL SPILL (U.S. XPRESS, INC.)

  4800 CENTRAL AVE, CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37410

  Registry ID: 110001856108

• OIL SPILL (U.S. XPRESS, INC.)

  4800 CENTRAL AVE, CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37410

  Registry ID: 110001856108

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• U.S. XPRESS, INC.entered 2012-04-17

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2012-04-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2012-04-17Final Order Issued
• 2012-05-02Enforcement Action Closed
• 2012-05-08Enforcement Action Data Entered