EPA v. HUNT REFINING COMPANY

Case summary

8/26/2014 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FILED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: ON JUNE 17, 2013, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY 156 GALLONS OF OIL, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE EPA OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION FRIM THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSE TO THE EPA'S CWA SECTION 308 INFORMATION REQUEST LETTER. RESPONDENT'S JUNE 17, 2013 DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER, WHICH ENVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 C.F.R. SECTION 110.3, WHICH IMPLEMENTS SECTION 311(b)(3) AND (b)(4) OF THE CWA.

Defendants (1)

• HUNT REFINERY COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL SPILL (HUNT REFINING COMPANY A CORPORATION)

  1855 FAIRLAWN RD., TUSCALOOSA, AL, 35401

  Registry ID: 110000367102

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HUNT REFINING COMPANYentered 2014-08-26

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $5,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2014-08-26Final Order Issued
• 2014-08-26Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2014-08-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2014-09-17Enforcement Action Closed