EPA v. TALLGRASS PETROLEUM COMPANY, AN OKLAHOMA COMPANY

Case summary

1. SECTIONS 308 AND 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1318 AND 1319(A). 2. TALLGRASS PETROLEUM COMPANY, AN OKLAHOA COMPANY P.O. BOX 484 SKIATOOK, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74070 FACILITY: OIL FIELD TANK BATTERY NW/4, SEC. 32, T22 N, R10 E, OSAGE COUNTY, OK. 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS WITH PRODUCED WATERS FROM THE FA- CILITY TO WATERS OF THE U.S. WITHOUT A NPDES PERMIT ON OR ABOUT MAY 12, 1999. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308 AND 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO). THE AO REQUIRED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF THE U.S. WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS OTHER THAN THOSE DISCHARGES CITED IN THIS ORDER, B) UPON RECEIPT OF THIS ORDER, CEASE ALL UNPERMITTED DIS- CHARGES OF POLLUTANTS FROM THE FACILITY, AND C) WITHIN 45 DAYS, ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

Defendants (1)

• TALLGRASS PETROLEUM COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL FIELD TANK BATTERY

  NE/4, SEC. 32, T22 N. R10 E, SKIATOOK, OK, 740701038

  Registry ID: 110010734456

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• TALLGRASS PETROLEUM COMPANYentered 1999-06-04

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1999-06-04Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-06-04Final Order Issued
• 1999-06-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-07-30Compliance Achieved
• 2001-07-30Enforcement Action Closed