EPA v. NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY - 256A PLATFORM_- GULF OF MEXIC

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. NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY 363 N. SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY E., SUITE 2020 FACILITY: MAIN PASS 265A PLATFORM - GULF OF MEXICO 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY EACH DAY RESPOND- ENT CONDUCTED THE RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND OPERATED THE FACILITY WITHOUT NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT 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)

• NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY

  363 NORTH SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY, HOUSTON, TX, 77060

  Registry ID: 110011276369

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANYentered 2002-05-16

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2002-01-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-01-17Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-05-16Final Order Issued
• 2002-05-16Enforcement Action Closed