EPA v. KOCH PIPELINE CO., LP, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION

Case summary

1. SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(II) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321(B)(6)(B)(II), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990. 2. KOCH PIPELINE CO., LP, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF TRIBBEY (TRIBBEY STATION) TECUMSEH, POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74873 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING APPROXIMATELY 494 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON COON CREEK AND LITTLE RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES IN POTAWATOMIE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(II) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $44,000.

Defendants (1)

• KOCH PIPELINE CO., LPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• KOCH PIPELINE CO., LP

  1MI SW OF TRIBBEY, TECUMSEH, OK, 74873

  Registry ID: 110007016656

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B3 — Clean Water Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• KOCH PIPELINE CO., L.P.entered 1999-04-22

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $41,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1998-09-25Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-09-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-04-22Final Order Issued
• 1999-05-13Compliance Achieved
• 1999-05-13Enforcement Action Closed