EPA v. PUNKIN CENTER MARKET

Case summary

12/15/2015 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. FINDINGS AND ALLEGATIONS: ON OCT 4, 2014, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 400 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON LITTLE FOURMILE CREEK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. EPA OBTAINED THIS INFO FROM EPA'S ON-SCENE COORDINATOR'S OBSERVATIONS DOCUMENTED IN THE POLLUTION REPORT. LITTLE FOURMILE CREEK FLOWS INTO THE LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER. THE TENNESSEE RIVER IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. AND IS SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF CWA 311. RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF LITTLE FOURMILE CREEK AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND THEREFORE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3.

Defendants (1)

• PUNKIN CENTER MARKETNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PUNKIN CENTER MARKET

  4401 CALDERWOOD HIGHWAY, MARYVILLE, TN, 37801

  Registry ID: 110067162572

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PUNKIN CENTER MARKETentered 2015-12-15

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2015-12-15Final Order Issued
• 2015-12-15Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2015-12-17Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2016-01-29Enforcement Action Closed