EPA v. SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION

Case summary

1. SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ) 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1318(A) AND 1319(A). 2. SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION, AN OKLAHOMA CORPORATION SW/4, SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST DRUMRIGHT, CREEK COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74030 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY THE ILLEGAL DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS (BRINE) TO WATERS OF THE U.S. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO CEASE THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUT- ANTS IMMEDIATELY AND TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS, TAKE THE CORECTIVE ACTION TO ELIMINATE AND PRE- VENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED: 1) SUBMIT A SHORT REPORT DETAILING THE CLEANUP EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN AT THE SITEOF THE DISCHARGE, AND 2) PREVENT FURTHER DIS- CHARGE OF POLLUTANTS FROM THE AREA CONTAMINATED BY THE BRINE DISCHARGES AND NEUTRALIZE THE CONTAMINATED AREA SURROUNDING AND DOWN GRADIENT OF THE SALTWATER STORAGE TANK; AND B) UPON COMPLETING THE TASKS SPECIFIED AND WITH IN 30 DAYS, SCHEDULE AND MEET WITH AN EPA FIELD INSPECTOR TO CONFIRM THAT THE TASKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

Defendants (1)

• SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM CORPORATIONNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM CORP

  SW/4, SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 18 N, RANGE 7 E, DRUMRIGHT, OK, 74030

  Registry ID: 110012664615

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM CORPORATIONentered 2002-05-31

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2002-05-31Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-05-31Final Order Issued
• 2002-06-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2003-06-30Enforcement Action Closed