EPA v. KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
9/4/14 - EXPEDITED OIL SPILL AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ON JULY 22, 2012, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 470 GALLONS OF NON-PCB DIELECTRIC FLUID FROM A CIRCUIT BREKER ONTO GRAVEL AND SOIL IN THE SUBSTATION AREA AND INTO APPROX 300 LINEAR YARDS OF CLEAR CREEK, WHICH IS APPROX 30 TO 40 FEET FROM THE WEST IRVINE SUBSTATION SPILL AREA AND IS A TRIBUTARY OF STATION CAMP CREEK, WHICH IS A TRIBUTARY OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER IN VIOLATION OF THE CWA 311(b)(3).
Defendants (2)
- KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- WEST IRVINE SUBSTATION (KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO.)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
WEST IRVINE SUBSTATION (KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY (OIL SPILL)
538 CLEAR CREEK ROAD, IRVINE, KY, 40336
Registry ID: 110062627607
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANYentered 2014-09-04
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2014-09-04Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2014-09-04Final Order Issued
- 2014-09-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2014-09-23Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3400284567
- Case number
- 04-2014-5002
- 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 04-2014-5002 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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