EPA v. FOREST OIL CORPORATION - MRP WELL NO. 2 CRUDE OIL FLOW LINE

Case summary

1. SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321(B)(6)(B)(I), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990. 2. FOREST OIL CORPORATION - MRP WELL NO. 2 CRUDE OIL FLOW LINE PARADIS FIELD PARADIS, SAINT CHARLES PARISH, LOUISIANA 70080 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF 100 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED MARSH AREA DRAINING INTO AN UNNAMED CANAL OF THE PARADIS OIL AND GAS FIELD AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $5,000 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.

Defendants (1)

• FOREST OIL CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• FOREST OIL CORP - MRP NO. 2 WELL

  PARADIS FIELD, PARADIS, LA, 70080

  Registry ID: 110012286187

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• FOREST OIL CORPORATIONentered 2002-04-25

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $5,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2002-03-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-03-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-04-25Compliance Achieved
• 2002-04-25Final Order Issued
• 2002-04-26Enforcement Action Closed