EPA v. AMOCO PIPELINE CO.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$45,000
Case summary
ON 7/17/95, A RELEASE OF OIL OCCURRED WHEN A CHECK VALVE SEPARATING AN ACTIVE PORTION OF A 4 CRUDE OIL GATHERING LINE FROM AN INACTIVE LINE FAILED AND CRUDE OIL LEAKED OUT OF A CORRODED SECTION OF THE ABANDONED LINE. THE DISCHARGE TOOK PLACE ON BOTH PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT LANDS. THE CRUDE OIL REACHED THE SOIL SURFACE AND FOLLWED A DRAW DOWNHILL TOWARDS LAKE SAKAKAWEA. APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 150 BARRELS OF OIL WERE RELEASED TO THE LAND; OF THESE, AN ESTIMATED 15 TO 20 BARRELS ACTUALLY FLOWED INTO THE WATER.
Defendants (1)
- AMOCO PIPELINE CO.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
AMOCO PIPE LINE
CHARLSON STA, KEENE, ND, 58847
Registry ID: 110010751132
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B3 — Clean Water Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
AMOCO PIPELINE CO.entered 2000-08-08
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $45,000
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1997-09-02Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1997-09-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-07-08Complaint Filed With Court
- 2000-07-18Final Order Lodged
- 2000-08-08Final Order Entered
- 2000-08-08Concluded
- 2000-08-22Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 50840
- Case number
- 08-1997-0199
- 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 08-1997-0199 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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