EPA v. AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY

Case summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOS- URE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY 501 WESTLAKE PARK BOULEVARD HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77079 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 1421 OF THE SDWA BY AN INJECTION OF PRODUCED WATER INTO AN UNPERMITTED ZONE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY- BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• GALLAGHER NON-COMMERCIAL WATER DISPOSAL WELL

  SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 6 N, RANGE 21 E, GOWEN, OK, 74545

  Registry ID: 110013720624

• GRAHAM SALT WATER DISPOSAL WELL

  SW/4, SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 8 N, RANGE 24 E, LEFLORE, OK, 74942

  Registry ID: 110013720900

Statutes cited

• SDWA 1421 — UIC Regulations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANYentered 2002-05-09

  Primary law: SDWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2000-11-21Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2000-12-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-05-09Final Order Issued
• 2002-05-09Enforcement Action Closed