EPA v. CONOCO, INC.
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
ON OR ABOUT JUNE 20, 1997, A CONOCO PIPELINE COMPANY MON- ITORING STATION DETECTED A PRESSURE DROP IN CONOCO'S SEMI- NOLE PIPELINE IN SOUTHERN MONTANA. A RELEASE, REPORTEDLY OF UP TO 1800 BARRELS OF UNLEADED GASOLINE, WAS DISCOVERED ON JUNE 21, 1997 ON RANCH LAND ON THE CROW RESERVATION NEAR LODGEGRASS, MT. GASOLINE FLOWED APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES FROM THE SPILL SITE, IMPACTING BEAR CREEK, WHICH IS A TRIB- UTARY TO THE LITTLE BIG HORN RIVER.
Defendants (1)
- CONOCO, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
CONOCO PIPELINE(SEMINOE)
CROW RESERVATION, LODGE GRASS, MT, 59050
Registry ID: 110010725359
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B3 — Clean Water Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CONOCO, INC.entered 1997-08-04
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1997-08-04Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1997-08-04Final Order Issued
- 1997-08-11Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 50789
- Case number
- 08-1997-0148
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Clean Water Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1997-0148 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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