EPA v. TELLUS OPERATING GROUP

Case summary

7/17/12 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $12,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: ON OR ABOUT JUNE 2, 2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 78 BARRELS OF OIL INTO OR UPON AN INTERMITTENT TRIBUTARY OF MIDDLE FORK CREEK AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE INTERMITTENT TRIBUTARY OF MIDDLE FORK CREEK IS A NAVIGABLE WATER. RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE OF OIL CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE INTERMITTENT TRIBUTARY OF MIDDLE FORK CREEK AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES AND THERE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3. ACCORDINGLY CWA 311(b)(3).

Defendants (1)

• TELLUS OPERATING GROUPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL SPILL (TELLUS OPERATING GROUP, LLC)

  4 GULF CAMP CIRCLE, LUMBERTON, MS, 39455

  Registry ID: 110071182724

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• TELLUS OPERATING GROUPentered 2012-07-17

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $12,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2012-07-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2012-07-17Final Order Issued
• 2012-08-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2012-08-03Enforcement Action Closed