EPA v. SUN PIPE LINE COMPANY - 6 ADA-ALLEN CRUDE OIL GATHERING LIN

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. SUN PIPE LINE COMPANY - 6 ADA-ALLEN CRUDE OIL GATHERING LINE SE/4, SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 4 NORTH, RANGE 6 EAST ADA, PONTOTOC COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74821 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 AN UNNAMED CREEK AND FARM POND AND ADJOINING 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)

• SUN PIPE LINE COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SUN PIPE LINE CO - 6 ADA-ALLEN CRUDE OIL GATHERIN

  SE/4, SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 4 N, RANGE 6 E, ADA, OK, 74821

  Registry ID: 110010661685

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SUN PIPE LINE COMPANYentered 2002-02-25

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $12,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2002-01-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-01-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-02-25Final Order Issued
• 2002-02-25Compliance Achieved
• 2002-03-04Enforcement Action Closed