EPA v. TRIAD HUNTER, LLC

Case summary

7/10/13 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ON 7/10/13 ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $21,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: ON OR ABOUT JULY 21, 2011, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 28 BARRELS OF A MIXTURE OF BRINE AND OIL, WHICH IS CONSIDERED OIL AS DEFINED IN SECTION 311(a)(1) OF THE CWA, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE NORTH FORK OF THE KY RIVER AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES. RESPONDENT'S JULY 21, 2011, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER AND/OR ITS AJOINING SHORELINE AND THEREFORE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3 IN VIOLATION OF CWA 311(b)(3).

Defendants (1)

• TRIAD HUNTER, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL SPILL (TRIAD HUNTER, LLC)

  1050 ABNER FLAT ROAD, BEATTYVILLE, KY, 41311

  Registry ID: 110055641738

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• TRIAD HUNTER, LLCentered 2013-07-11

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $21,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2013-07-11Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2013-07-11Final Order Issued
• 2013-07-24Enforcement Action Closed
• 2013-08-22Enforcement Action Data Entered