EPA v. SCHULER OIL COMPANY, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION

Case summary

1. SECTIONS 308 AND 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1318 AND 1319(A). 2. SCHULER OIL COMPANY, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION P.O. BOX 798 CLEVELAND, PAWNEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74020 FACILITY: OIL FIELD TANK BATTERY, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA NE/4, SEC. 26, TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS WITH PRODUCED WATERS TO WATERS OF THE U.S. WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY OF AN NPDES PERMIT AT LEAST ON AND ABOUT OCT. 22, 1998. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308 AND 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) TO THE RE- SPONDENT. THE AO ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF THE U.S. WITHIN THE LAST 5 YEARS OTHER THAN THOSE DISCHARGES CITED IN THE ORDER, B) CEASE ALL UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES FROM THE FACILITY IMMEDIATELY, AND C) WITHIN 45 DAYS, ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

Defendants (1)

• SCHULER OIL COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SCHULER OIL CO

  NE/4, SEC. 26, T22 N, R10 E, OSAGE COUNTY, OK., CLEVELAND, OK, 74020

  Registry ID: 110010726269

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SCHULER OIL COMPANYentered 1999-01-26

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1999-01-26Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-01-26Final Order Issued
• 1999-02-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-10-06Compliance Achieved
• 1999-10-06Enforcement Action Closed