EPA v. EQT GATHERING, LLC

Case summary

6/6/2013 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $19,800. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: ON OR ABOUT JUNE 7, 2011, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY 800 GALLONS OF OIL, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON LINE FORK CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER, AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINE. RESPONDENT'S JUNE 7, 2011, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF LINE FORK CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER, AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINE, AND, THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 C.F.R. SECTION 110.3, IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA.

Defendants (1)

• EQT GATHERING, LLC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• EQT GATHERING, LLC. (LINE FORK CREEK RELEASE)

  PUMPING STATION, HALLIE, KY, 48121

  Registry ID: 110055365466

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• EQT GATHERING, LLCentered 2013-06-06

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $19,800

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2013-06-06Final Order Issued
• 2013-06-06Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2013-06-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2013-07-09Enforcement Action Closed