EPA v. EOTT ENERGY - CEMENT TO VERDEN OIL PIPELINE

Case summary

1. SECTIONS 311(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACTION ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1321(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 311(B)(6)(B)(I), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990. 2. EOTT ENERGY - CEMENT TO VERDEN 6 CRUDE OIL PIPELINE SE/4, SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST VERDEN, GRADY COUNTY, TEXAS 73092 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY THE DISCHARGE OF 185 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS FA- CILITY INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED DRY RAVINE AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 311(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $27,500 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

Defendants (1)

• EOTT ENERGYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• EOTT ENERGY - CEMENT TO VERDEN 6 CRUDE OIL PIPELI

  SE/4, SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 7 N, RANGE 8 W, VERDEN, OK, 73092

  Registry ID: 110010661186

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• EOTT ENERGYentered 2001-06-07

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $11,100

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2001-05-10Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-05-11Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-06-07Final Order Issued
• 2001-07-02Compliance Achieved
• 2001-07-02Enforcement Action Closed