EPA v. Spess Oil Company (Chapman Estate Lease)
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
On March 29, 2016, an EPA inspector observed that pollutants, specifically oil field brine and produced wastewater generated from oil production activities, had been discharged from the facility to ?waters of the United States,as that term is defined by 40 C.F.R. 122.2. Pollutants were discharged to a tributary of the Dry Creek, which is considered a water of the United States. The inspector determined that the water located at the discharge point of entry into the tributary of the Dry Creek was contaminated from brine discharges.
Defendants (1)
- Spess Oil CompanyNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
SPESS OIL COMPANY (CHAPMAN ESTATE LEASE)
36.913858, -96.382198, PAWHUSKA, OK, 74020
Registry ID: 110069334492
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Spess Oil Company (Chapman Estate Lease)entered 2016-08-19
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2016-06-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2016-08-19Final Order Issued
- 2017-06-16NPDES Closed
- 2017-06-16Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600745214
- Case number
- 06-2016-1806
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- 6EN-W
- EPA region
- 06
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2016-1806 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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