EPA v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION
Penalty assessed
$2,500
Case summary
IN A LETTER TO DAVID GOLDEN OF EPA DATED 9/1/99, RESPONDENT ADMITS THAT ON OR ABOUT 4/7/99, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY 5-10 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL FROM ITS FACILITY. RESPONDENT ADMITS THAT THERE WAS A SHEEN FROM THE RELEASE SITE MOVING EAST AND ACCUMULATING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SATELLITE #7 ROAD AND THAT UNPROCESSED CRUDE OIL ACCUMULATED SLUDGE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SATELLITE #7 ROAD. THE PROPOSED PENALTY FOR THIS UNAUTHORIZE RELEASE IS $3,500.
Defendants (1)
- AMERADA HESS CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
AMERADA HESS CORP
PIPELINE IN BOTTINEAU COUNTY, NEWBURG, ND, 587629746
Registry ID: 110010751338
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B3 — Clean Water Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
AMERADA HESS CORPORATIONentered 1999-12-28
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $2,500
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1999-09-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-10-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1999-12-28Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 51343
- Case number
- 08-1999-0220
- 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 08-1999-0220 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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