EPA v. Clearly Petroleum, LLC (BISD Furr Burch Tank Battery and Dye Gallagher No. 1 Tank Battery)

Case summary

On 2016 EPA Region 6 issued an Administrative Order (AO) under its authority pursuant to Section 309 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) to Clearly Petroleum, LLC (Respondent) located in Breckenridge, Texas. The AO was issued for an unauthorized discharge of oil field brine and produced wastewater to a water of the U.S. The AO orders Respondent to: 1) Any continued discharge of pollutants is unauthorized and must cease immediately; 2) remove all brine from the flow path located between the facility and the tributary of Gunsulos Creek; and 3) and remove sufficient amounts of brine which was discharged from the facility on or about January 26, 2016, from Gunsulos Creek so that the TSS in the tributary downstream of the discharge is at or below background TSS levels. Respondent must respond to EPA within thirty days of receipt of the AO.

Defendants (1)

• Clearly Petroleum, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CLEARLY PETROLEUM, LLC (DYE GALLAGHER NO. 1 TANK BATTERY)

  W. ELLIOTT ST. (32.750732, -98.903629), BRECKENRIDGE, TX, 76424

  Registry ID: 110069337248

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Clearly Petroleum, LLC (BISD Furr Burch Tank Battery and Dye Gallagher No. 1 Tank Battery)entered 2016-08-04

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2016-08-04Final Order Issued
• 2016-08-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2016-11-17NPDES Closed
• 2016-11-17Enforcement Action Closed