EPA v. VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
4/12/12 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY $500. ON JANUARY 6, 2012, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 200 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF RUSH CREEK, WHIHC FLOWS INTO EAST FORK CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO THE HOODS CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO THE OHIO RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
Defendants (1)
- VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.
ROUTE 854, RUSH, KY, 41168
Registry ID: 110046295246
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
VALLEY PROTEINS, INC.entered 2012-04-12
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2012-04-12Final Order Issued
- 2012-04-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2012-04-20Enforcement Action Closed
- 2012-05-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3000018661
- Case number
- 04-2012-5005
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2012-5005 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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