EPA v. CRAWLEY PETROLEUM CORPORATION, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION

Case summary

1. SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321(B)(6)(B)(I), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990. 2. CRAWLEY PETROLEUM CORPORATION, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION FACILITY: OIL AND GAS LEASE TANK BATTERY SW/4 OF SECTION 3, T19 N, R9 W KINGFISHER, KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 73750 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGED OF 167 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF THE CIMARRON RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $27,500 FOR THE VIO- LATION CITED.

Defendants (1)

• CRAWLEY PETROLEUM CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OIL AND GAS TANK BATTERY

  SW/4 OF SECTION 3, T19 N, R9 W, KINGFISHER, OK, 73750

  Registry ID: 110010776678

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B3 — Clean Water Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CRAWLEY PETROLEUM CORPORATIONentered 1999-08-05

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $10,500

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1999-07-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-07-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-08-05Final Order Issued
• 1999-08-16Compliance Achieved
• 1999-09-01Enforcement Action Closed