EPA v. MERIDIAN RESOURCE CORPORATION - WEST LAKE VERRET FIELD

Case summary

1. SECTIONS 311(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1321(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 1321(B)(6)(B)(I), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990. 2. MERIDIAN RESOURCE CORPORATION IN THE WEST LAKE VERRET FIELD BREAUX BRIDGE, ST. MARTIN PARISH, LOUISIANA 70517 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(B)(3) OF THE CWA BY THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE OF 200 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON WEST LAKE VERRET AND AD- JOINING SHORELINES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 311(B)(6)(A)(I) AND 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $27,500 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.

Defendants (1)

• MERIDIAN RESOURCE CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MERIDIAN RESOURCE CORP - WEST LAKE VERRET

  IN THE W LAKE VERRETT FIELD, BREAUX BRIDGE, LA, 70517

  Registry ID: 110010661676

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MERIDIAN RESOURCE CORPORATIONentered 2002-02-07

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $15,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2002-01-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-01-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-02-07Final Order Issued
• 2002-02-08Compliance Achieved
• 2002-02-08Enforcement Action Closed