EPA v. COPPERWELD BIMETALLICS, LLC
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
8/1/18 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,500. ON OR ABOUT APRIL 16, 2017, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 3,000 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON COTTON MILL BRANCH AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES. COTTON MILL BRANCH IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURFACE OF COTTON MILL BRANCH AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES AND THEREFORE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CR 110.3, WHICH IMPLEMENTS CWA 311(b)(3) AND (b)(4).
Defendants (1)
- COPPERWELD BIMETALLICS, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OIL SPILL (COPPERWELD BIMETALLICS LLC)
254 COTTON MILL ROAD, FAYETTEVILLE, TN, 37334-7249
Registry ID: 110070262188
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
COPPERWELD BIMETALLICS, LLCentered 2018-08-01
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $4,500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2018-08-01Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2018-08-01Final Order Issued
- 2018-08-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2018-08-23Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3601520987
- Case number
- 04-2018-5002
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2018-5002 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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