EPA v. MARATHON OIL COMPANY

Case summary

RESPONDENT IS A CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OHIO, WITH A PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED AT OR ABOUT THE NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SECTION 19, T46N, R98W, HOT SPRINGS COUNTY, WYOMING. RESPONDENT OWNS AND OPERATES A WATER INJECTION PLANT (# 2), WHICH IS AND WAS AT RELEVANT TIMES A POINT SOURCE . ON 09/13/91, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED, FROM ITS FACILITY, APPROXIMATELY 21,000 GALLONS OF PRODUCED WATER AND 0.3 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO GRASS CREEK, A TRIBUTARY TO THE BIG HORN RIVER. PRODUCED WATER AND CRUDE OIL ARE POLLUTANTS. AT NO TIME DID THE RESPONDENTS HAVE AN NPDES PERMIT FOR THE DISCHARGES. THE PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY FOR THIS VIOLATION IS $7,000.

Defendants (1)

• MARATHON OIL COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• FRONTIER NO 2 BATTERY PLANT

  NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC 19 T46N R98W, GRASS CREEK, WY, 82443

  Registry ID: 110010750525

Statutes cited

• CWA 309 — Violation of Existing AO

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MARATHON OIL COMPANYentered 1993-03-08

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $2,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1992-11-24Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1992-11-24Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1993-03-08Final Order Issued
• 1993-06-15Enforcement Action Closed