EPA v. EOTT ENERGY - TAFT-PONTAP PUMP STATION
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$13,500
Case summary
1. SECTIONS 311(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 311(B)(B)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( 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 - TAFT-PONTAP PUMP STATION TAFT, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS 78390 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(J) OF THE CWA BY FAILING TO IMPLEMENT AN SPCC PLAN FOR ITS FACILITY AS REQUIRED. 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 VIOLATION CITED.
Defendants (1)
- EOTT ENERGYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
EOTT ENERGY - TAFT-PONTAP PUMP STA
IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TAFT, TX, 78390
Registry ID: 110010725929
Statutes cited
- CWA 311J — SPCC and/or Federal Response Plan Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
EOTT ENERGY - TAFT-PONTAP PUMP STATIONentered 2001-06-07
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $13,500
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
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 41645
- Case number
- 06-2001-4803
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- 6RC-S
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- SPCC and/or Federal Response Plan Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2001-4803 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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