EPA v. POPE TRANSPORT COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
6/21/12 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,000. ALLEGATIONS: ON FEB 11, 2012, AT OR NEAR THE LONG CREEK HIGHWAY, IN OR NEAR LONG CREEK, IN RABUN COUNTY, GA, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 1,500 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON THE ROADSIDE DRAINAGE DITCH AND AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF THE CHATTOOGA RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
Defendants (1)
- POPE TRANSPORT COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL - POPE TRANSPORT COMPANY
AT OR NEAR LONG CREEK HIGHWAY, CLAYTON, GA, 30525
Registry ID: 110046313413
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
POPE TRANSPORT COMPANYentered 2012-06-21
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $3,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2012-06-21Final Order Issued
- 2012-06-21Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2012-06-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2012-08-15Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3000033340
- Case number
- 04-2012-5007
- 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 04-2012-5007 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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