EPA v. LOUIS DREYFUS NATURAL GAS, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION

Case summary

1. SECTION 309(G)(2) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(G)(2). 2. LOUIS DREYFUS NATURAL GAS, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION 1301 MCKINNEY STREET, SUITE 900 HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77010 FACILITIES: OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OF THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VILATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS OFFSHORE FACILITIES THAT EXCEEDED PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, AS SHOWN IN THE CERTIFIED DMRS FILED WITH EPA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G)(2) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $137,500 FOR THE VIOLA- TIONS CITED.

Defendants (1)

• LOUIS DREYFUS NATURAL GASNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LOUIS DREYFUS NATURAL GAS

  1301 MCKINNEY STREET, STE 900, HOUSTON, TX, 77010

  Registry ID: 110010682528

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LOUIS DREYFUS NATURAL GASentered 1999-01-25

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $28,800

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1998-08-19Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-08-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-01-25Final Order Issued
• 1999-01-26Compliance Achieved
• 1999-01-26Enforcement Action Closed