EPA v. Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes/Fort Peck Reservation
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
This Complaint and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing is issued to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation for failure to timely report monitored and recorded observations of injection pressure, annulus pressure, flow rate, and cumulative injection vilume; failure to timely submit analytical results of a fluid sample collected, analyzed, at least for pH, specific conductivity, specific gravity and total dissolved solids; for exceeding the maximum allowable pressure; failure to submit timely an updated Chief Financial Officer's letter; and failure to have a place to put EPA's pressure gauge on the well's injection tubing.
Defendants (1)
- Assiniboine & Sioux TribesNamed in complaint
Facilities (1)
FORT PECK INDIAN RESERVATION
BOX 1027, POPLAR, MT, 59255
Registry ID: 110010825795
Statutes cited
- SDWA 1422/1423 — UIC Regulations Classes I - V
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes/Fort Peck Reservationentered 2008-04-28
Primary law: SDWA
Federal penalty: $4,634 · SEP: $25,923
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2007-09-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2007-09-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2008-04-28Final Order Issued
- 2008-05-27Enforcement Action Closed
- 2008-05-27Pipeline Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600061804
- Case number
- 08-2007-0157
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 08
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- UIC Regulations Classes I - V
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-2007-0157 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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