EPA v. Forest Oil Corporation
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
'**VIOLATION: 1) Unauthorized discharge of 100 barrels of oil from its facility into or upon an unnamed tributary to Two Mile Creek leading into Boggy Creek and adjoining shorelines. **ASSESSED PENALTY: $5,000.00.'
Defendants (1)
- Forest Oil CorporationNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
FOREST OIL CORPORATION - OSR HALLIDAY UNIT LEASE (10535)
WELL NO. 101 CRUDE OIL FLOWLINE HALLIDAY FIELD, JEWETT, TX, 75846
Registry ID: 110013691594
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Forest Oil Corporationentered 2002-08-20
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $5,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2002-07-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2002-08-20Final Order Issued
- 2002-08-21Enforcement Action Closed
- 2002-08-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 84892
- Case number
- 06-2002-4554
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- 6SF-R
- EPA region
- 06
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2002-4554 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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