EPA v. Dupont Road Oil Spill

Case summary

This order is issued to First Energy Corporation (FE) to require the First Energy facility in Oregon, Ohio to perform removal actions to abate an imminent and substantial threat to the public health or welfare of the United States because of an actual discharge of oil from the FE facility located on Dupont Road in Oregon, Ohio into a storm sewer and the FE toe drain, which discharge into Driftmeyer Ditch, which flows into Maumee Bay and then Lake Erie.

Defendants (1)

• First Energy CorporationNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• FIRSTENERGY BAY SHORE PLANT

  4701 BAYSHORE RD., OREGON, OH, 43616

  Registry ID: 110000384325

Statutes cited

• CWA 311C2/311E — Emergency Powers Oil Imminent & Substantial Endangerment

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Dupont Road Oil Spillentered 2007-09-24

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2007-09-24Final Order Issued
• 2007-10-04Enforcement Action Data Entered