EPA v. PETROCI USA, INC.

Case summary

9/22/2015 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. AGREEMENT ALLEGES: ON MARCH 10, 2015, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY 840 GALLONS OF OIL, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON A TRIBUTARY OF THE BOGUE HOMO AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE EPA OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER INCIDENT REPORT NUMBER 1110342. RESPONDENT'S MARCH 10, 2015 DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATON OF THE SURFACE OF A TRIBUTARY OF THE BOGUE HOMO AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE LEAF RIVER, AND THEREFOR, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 110.3, WHICH IMPLEMENTS SECTION 311(b)(3) AND (b)(4) OF THE CWA. THEREFORE, RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA.

Defendants (1)

• PETROCI USA, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PETROCI USA INC - EAST HEIDELBERG FIELD

  HIGHWAY 503, HEIDELBERG, MS, 39439

  Registry ID: 110064433965

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PETROCI USA, INC.entered 2015-09-22

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2015-09-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2015-09-22Final Order Issued
• 2015-09-25Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2015-12-31Enforcement Action Closed