EPA v. CENTAUR PETROLEUM COMPANY
Voluntarily Dismissed After Filing
Case summary
EARLIER ENFORCEMENT ACTON BROUGHT AGAINST CENTAUR FOR PERMIT VIOLATIONS. PERMIT WAS ISSUED BY U.S. EPA UNDER 42 U.S.C. 300F FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF WATER INJECTION WELLS FOR OIL RECOVERY. CENTAUR RECENTLY CEASED INJECTION IN ORDER TO STOP THE ACCUMULATION OF PENALTIES, AND APPLIED FOR AN EMERGENCY PERMIT UNDER 40 C.F.R. 144.34. AT ISSUE IS WHETHER IT MEETS THE 3 CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE OF AN EMERGENCY PERMIT. I REVIEWED THE PROPOSED LETTER OF WATER DIVISION, WHICH WOULD DENY THE PERMIT, AND PROVIDED MY COMMENTS TO THEM ON MARCH 28, 1988.
Statutes cited
- SDWA 1421 — UIC Regulations
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1988-03-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1988-03-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1988-04-07Compliance Achieved
- 1988-04-07Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 26800
- Case number
- 05-1988-0089
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- UIC Regulations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1988-0089 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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