EPA v. ROCK OIL 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. ROCK OIL COMPANY, AN OKLAHOMA COMPANY 9017 EAST 26TH PLACE TULSA, TULSA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74129 FACILITY: OIL FIELD TANK BATTERY SW/4, SECTION 4, T21 N, R13 E, TULSA COUNTY, OK. 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS WITH PRODUCED WATERS 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 ORDERED 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 CITED IN THIS ORDER, B) UPON RE- CEIPT OF THIS ORDER, CEASE ALL UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS FROM THE FACILITY, AND C) WITHIN 45 DAYS, AR- RANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

Defendants (1)

• ROCK OIL COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL FIELD TANK BATTERY

  SW/4, SEC. 4, T21 N, R13 E, TULSA, OK, 74129

  Registry ID: 110010734465

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ROCK OIL 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
• 1999-10-06Compliance Achieved
• 1999-10-06Enforcement Action Closed