EPA v. EQUILON PIPELINE COMPANY LLC - 6-INCH CRUDE OIL GATHERING LI

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. EQUILON PIPELINE COMPANY LLC - 6-INCH CRUDE OIL GATHERING LINE NEAR GONSOULIN CANAL AND LAKE DAUTERIVE LOREAUVILLE, IBERIA PARISH, LOUISIANA 70552 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 GONSOULIN CANAL 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 OF UP TO $27,500 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

Defendants (1)

• EQUILON PIPELINE COMPANY LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• EQUILON PIPELINE CO LLC - 6-INCH CRUDE OIL

  NEAR GONSOULIN CANAL AND LAKE DAUTERIVE, LOREAUVILLE, LA, 70552

  Registry ID: 110013721188

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• EQUILON PIPELINE COMPANY LLCentered 2002-07-19

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $12,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2002-05-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-05-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-07-19Final Order Issued
• 2002-08-19Enforcement Action Closed