EPA v. EQUITY DRILLING COMPANY

Case summary

1. SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300H-2(C). 2. EQUITY DRILLING COMPANY STEVE EMERT P.O. BOX 40 DEWEY, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74029 3. THE RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR SECTIONS 147.2090 AND 147.2912(A)(2) BY MAINTAINING AN INJECTION WELL WITHOPUT MECHANICAL INTEGRITY AND IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR SECTIONS 147.2909 AND 147.2911 BY FAILING TO COMPLY WITH CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SDWA, EPA HAS PROPOSED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER THAT WOULD ORDER THE RESPONDENT TO COMPLETE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER: 1. CIRCULATE CEMENT BEHIND THE OUTERMOST CASINGS FROM 280 FEET SUBSURFACR TO GROUND LEVEL, 2. PLUG THE WELL ACCORDING TO REGULATIONS, OR 3. CONVERT THE WELL TO PRODUCTION. 4. FACILITY: OS4798 WELL NO. 7 SW/4, SEC. 36, T 25N, R 11E

Defendants (1)

• STEVE EMERTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• EQUITY DRILLING CO

  PO BOX 40, DEWEY, OK, 74029

  Registry ID: 110010655255

Statutes cited

• SDWA 1421 — UIC Regulations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• EQUITY DRILLING CO.entered 1996-05-09

  Primary law: SDWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1996-05-09Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1996-05-09Final Order Issued
• 1996-05-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1997-04-07Enforcement Action Closed