EPA v. HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION

Case summary

3/22/16 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. ON FEB 3, 2015, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 400 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF THE SOUTH RIVER AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY FLOWS INTO THE SOUTH RIVER, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS INTO LAKE JACKSON. LAKE JACKSON IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S.. RESPONDENT'S FEB 3, 2015 DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEET UPON, OR A DISCOLORATION OF, THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF THE SOUTH RIVER AND/OR UPON ADJOINING SHORELIENS, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS INTO LAKE JACKSON.

Defendants (1)

• HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION

  2251 SYLVAN ROAD, EAST POINT, GA, 30344

  Registry ID: 110067440763

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATIONentered 2016-03-22

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2016-03-22Final Order Issued
• 2016-03-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2016-03-22Enforcement Action Closed
• 2016-03-31Enforcement Action Data Entered