EPA v. GALA RESOURCES, LTD.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$500
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. GALA RESOURCES, LTD. FACILITY: PRIDEAUX LEASE ARCHER CITY, ARCHER COUNTY, TEXAS 76351 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311 OF THE CWA BY: 1) SECONDARY CONTAINMENT APPEARS TO BE GROSSLY INADEQUATE FOR TANKS AND CENTRAL TREATING INSTALLATIONS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $500 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.
Defendants (1)
- GALA RESOURCES, LTD.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
GALA RESOURCES, LTD. INEZ PRIDEAUX LEASE
IN ARCHER COUNTY, ARCHER CITY, TX, 76351
Registry ID: 110010697111
Statutes cited
- CWA 311 — Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
Enforcement conclusions (1)
GALA RESOURCES, LTD.entered 1999-10-28
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $500
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1999-09-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-10-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1999-10-28Final Order Issued
- 1999-11-01Compliance Achieved
- 1999-11-01Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 39594
- Case number
- 06-1999-0930
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- 6SF-R
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1999-0930 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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