EPA v. ALDRIDGE OPERATING COMPANY, LLC

Case summary

9/1/15 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,500. ON SEPT 17, 2014, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 2,174 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF MORGAN FORK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF MORGAN FORK FLOWS INTO THE HOMOCHITTO RIVER. THE HOMOCHITTO RIVER IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF MORGAN FORM, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE HOMOCHITTO RIVER AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3 WHICH IMPLEMENTS CWA SECTION 311(b)(3) AND (b)(4). RESPONDENT'S SEPT 17, 2014 DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF MORGAN FORK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE HOMOCHITTO RIVER, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3. RESPONDENT THEREFORE VIOLATED CWA 311(b)(3).

Defendants (1)

• ALDRIDGE OPERATING COMPANY, LLC (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ALDRIDGE BOARD OF EDUCATION #3 WELL

  NEAR PROVIDENCE ROAD AND KNOXVILLE ROAD, ROXIE, MS, 39661

  Registry ID: 110064837743

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ALDRIDGE OPERATING COMPANY, LLCentered 2015-09-01

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $4,500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2015-09-01Final Order Issued
• 2015-09-01Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2015-09-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2015-10-02Enforcement Action Closed