EPA v. LBG OPERATING COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
VIOLATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) REGULATIONS ALLOW ONLY AUTHORIZED WASTE WATERS TO BE INJECTED INTO AN INJECTION WELL. THOSE REGULATIONS DEFINE SPECIFIC WELL CLASSES INTO WHICH SPECIFIC TYPES OF WASTES MAY BE INJECTED. RESPONDENT OBTAINED AN INJECTION WELL PERMIT FOR INJECTION OF WASTES GENERATED BY OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION OPERATONS. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT RESPONDENT HAD INJECTED WASTES FROM AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY INTO A CLASS II INJECTION WELL. REMEDY: CEASE INJECTION OF WASTES NOT GENERATED BY OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION INTO ITS INJECTION WELL PAY A MONETARY PENALTY. PENALTY: $26,000
Defendants (1)
- LBG OPERATING COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OS5181 - WELL NO. 8 (S)
NE/4, SEC. 28, T25N, R 6E, FAIRFAX, OK, 74637
Registry ID: 110015770584
Statutes cited
- SDWA 1422/1423 — UIC Regulations Classes I - V
- SDWA 1421 — UIC Regulations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
LBG OPERATING COMPANYentered 2011-02-24
Primary law: SDWA
Federal penalty: $5,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2010-06-15Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2010-07-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2011-02-24Final Order Issued
- 2012-08-01Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 1800111903
- Case number
- 06-2010-1104
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- 6EN-W
- EPA region
- 06
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- UIC Regulations Classes I - V
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2010-1104 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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