EPA v. JADATH - O. K. ALLEN LEASE TANK BATTERY

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. JADATH FACILITY: O. K. ALLEN LEASE TANK BATTERY SECTION 23, T10 N, R1 E, TULLOS-URANIA FIELD TULLOS, WINN PARISH, LOUISIANA 71479 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311 OF THE CWA BY: 1) NO SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL AND COUNTERMEASURE PLAN; 2) NO TRAINING ON THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIP- MENT TO PREVENT DISCHARGES; 3) NO TRAINING ON THE APPLIC- ABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS; 4) NO DESIGNATED PER- SON RESPONSIBLE FOR SPILL PREVENTION; 5) SPILL PREVENTION BRIEFINGS ARE NOT SCHEDULED AND CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY; 6) ACCUMULATED OIL IN THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT SYSTEM(S) IS NOT PICKED UP AND RETURNED TO STORAGE OR PROPERLY DIS- POSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESULATIONS; 7) FIELD DRAINAGE DITCHES, ROAD DITCHES, AND OIL TRAPS, SUMPS, OR SKIMMERS ARE NOT REGULARLY INSPECTED FOR OIL, AND/OR OIL IS NOT REMOVED; AND 8) EXCESSIVE VEGETATION WHICH AFFECTS THE INTEGRITY OF THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I)OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $1,700 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

Defendants (1)

• JADATHNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• JADATH O. K. ALLEN LEASE TANK BATTERY

  SEC. 23, T10 N, R1 E, TULLOS-URANIA FIELD, TULLOS, LA, 71479

  Registry ID: 110010697120

Statutes cited

• CWA 311 — Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• JADATH

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1999-09-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-09-24Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-02-01Enforcement Action Closed