EPA v. CONTOUR ENERGY CO. - GULF OF MEXICO

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. CONTOUR ENERGY CO. - GULF OF MEXICO 1001 MCKINNEY, SUITE 900 HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77002 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY EACH RESPONDENT CONDUCTED THE RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND OPERATED THE FA- CILITY WITHOUT NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFI- CATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• CONTOUR ENERGY CO.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CONTOUR ENERGY CO. - GULF OF MEXICO

  1001 MCKINNEY, STE 900, HOUSTON, TX, 77002

  Registry ID: 110013724158

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CONTOUR ENERGY CO. - GULF OF MEXICOentered 2010-06-16

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2002-04-19Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-05-15Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-06-16Final Order Issued
• 2010-06-16Enforcement Action Closed