EPA v. HARTMAN OIL COMPANY, INC

Case summary

DISCHARGES OF OIL TO GYPSUM CREEK OCCURRED FROM THE TECTOR LEASE ON THE FOLLOWING APPROXIMATE DATES: JUNE 2012 (DISCOVERED ON JUNE 20, 2012)(ESTIMATED DISCHARGE OF 100 GALLONS OF OIL AND 1,000 GALLONS OF SALT WATER)(NOTE, HARTMAN OIL PREVIOUSLY PAID A CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY OF $3,000 FOR THE JUNE 2012 SPILL THROUGH AN EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT ON JUNE 2013, DOCKET NO. CWA-07-2013-0040); AND JULY 4-5, 2014 (UNKNOWN QUANTITY, SHEEN ON GYPSUM CREEK). IN RESPONSE TO THE JULY 2014 SPILL, EPA RESPONSE PERSONNEL VISITED THE FACILITY AND DOCUMENTED THE IMPACT OF THE SPILL AND SHEET ON GYPSUM CREEK. NEITHER THE 2012 OR 2014 SPILLS WERE REPORTED TO THE NRC, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 311(B)(5) OF THE CWA (NOTE, ADDITIONAL SPILLS WERE REPORTED TO THE KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION (KCC) IN 1992, 2001 AND 2008). DECEMBER 18, 2014, EPA PERSONNEL AGAIN VISITED THE FACILITY AND CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH THE SPCC REQUIREMENTS OF THE CWA.

Defendants (1)

• HARTMAN OIL COMPANY, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• HARTMAN OIL COMPANY, TECTOR LEASE

  S OF RAINBOW E OF 27TH STREET`, MCPHERSON, KS, 67460

  Registry ID: 110055364181

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HARTMAN OIL COMPANY, INCentered 2016-08-22

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $30,351

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2016-08-22Final Order Issued
• 2016-08-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2016-08-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2016-09-27Pipeline Closed
• 2016-09-27Enforcement Action Closed