EPA v. BLAKE AND BLAIR PETROLEUM, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION

Case summary

1. SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ( SDWA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300H-2(C). 2. BLAKE AND BLAIR PETROLEUM, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION FACILITY: WELL NO. W-4, INVENTORY NUMBER OS1292 SW/4, SEC. 20, T25 N, R11 E, QUAPAW FIELD QUAPAW, OSAGE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74363 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1421 OF THE SDWA BY FAILING TO PLUG ITS CLASS II INJECTION WELL WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER INJECTION WAS TERMINATED. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1423(C) OF THE SDWA, EPA ISSUED A PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE RESPONDENT TO: A) PLUG THE WELL ACCORD- ING TO REGULATIONS NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFEC- TIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER.

Defendants (1)

• BLAKE AND BLAIR PETROLEUMNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• BLAKE AND BLAIR PETROLEUM

  SW/4, SEC. 20, T25 N, R11 E, QUAPAW FIELD, QUAPAW, OK, 74363

  Registry ID: 110010651151

Statutes cited

• SDWA 1421 — UIC Regulations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• BLAKE AND BLAIR PETROLEUM

  Primary law: SDWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1999-09-10Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-09-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-11-18Enforcement Action Closed