EPA v. Samson Resources Company

Case summary

This Administrative Complaint and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing is issued to Samson Resources Company, owner and operator of a coal bed methane natural gas well Southern Ute 22-33#2, a separator, a 400 barrel water storage tank, and a water transfer pump. On 3/23/2006, approximately 205 barrels (8,610 gallons) of produced water from the Southern Ute 22-33#2 overflowed the facility's water storage tank, eroded through the secondary containment dike, and flowed into an unnamed intermittant stream whose flow carried the discharge into the Los Pinos River.

Defendants (1)

• Samson Resources CompanyNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SAMSON RESOURCES COMPANY

  2 WEST 2ND STREET, TULSA, OK, 74103

  Registry ID: 110020772298

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Samson Resources Companyentered 2007-10-24

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $7,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2007-09-04Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2007-09-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2007-10-24Final Order Issued
• 2007-11-09Enforcement Action Closed