EPA v. RJ Exploration, LLC (Pratt 1)

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 RJ Exploration, LLC (Respondent) located in Hughes County, Oklahoma. 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 Jacob?s Creek; and 3) and remove sufficient amounts of brine which was discharged from the facility on or about June 27, 2016, from Jacob?s 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)

• RJ Exploration, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• RJ EXPLORATION, LLC (PRATT 1)

  HOLDENVILLE, OK (35.1059N, -96.4447W), HOLDENVILLE, OK, 74848

  Registry ID: 110069484203

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• RJ Exploration, LLC (Pratt 1)entered 2016-09-20

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2016-08-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2016-09-20Final Order Issued
• 2020-12-16Enforcement Action Closed
• 2020-12-16NPDES Closed