EPA v. PRUET PRODUCTION CO.

Case summary

8/21/15 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,000. ON OR ABOUT MARCH 17, 2013, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 1,890 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF BLUE HOLE SLOUGH AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. EPA OBTAINED THIS INFO FROM THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSE TO EPA'S CWA INFO REQUEST LETTER. THE UNNAME PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF BLUE HOLE SLOUGH FLOWS INTO BLUE HOLE SLOUGH, WHICH FLOWS INTO THE TIMBIGBEE RIVER. RESPONDENT'S MARCH 17, 2013, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON, OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF BLUE HOLE SLOUGH AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER, AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3, WHICH IMPLEMENTS CWA 311(b)(3) AND (b)(4).

Defendants (1)

• PRUET PRODUCTION CO.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL SPILL (PRUET PRODUCTION CO.)

  NEAR INTERSECTION OF TURNER ROAD AND W. BEND ROAD, COFFEEVILLE, AL, 36524

  Registry ID: 110064836628

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PRUET PRODUCTION CO.entered 2015-08-21

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $4,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2015-08-21Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2015-08-21Final Order Issued
• 2015-09-02Enforcement Action Closed
• 2015-09-11Enforcement Action Data Entered