EPA v. Von Engineering/Smith Energy
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
This Complaint with Notice of Opportunity for Hearing is issued to Von Engineering and Smith Energy for the unauthorized injection into a well that had been identified to lack mechanical integrity and which had been ordered to remain shut in until EPA authorized injection to resume. The well is located in Montezuma County, Colorado, within the exterior boundary of the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation.
Defendants (2)
- Von EngineeringNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- Smith EnergyNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
VON ENGINEERING, INC.
3505 PEARL DRIVE, MONROE, MI, 48162
Registry ID: 110032615061
SMITH ENERGY
711 COMMERCE BUILDING, GRAND RAPIDS, MI, 49503
Registry ID: 110032615089
Statutes cited
- SDWA 1422/1423 — UIC Regulations Classes I - V
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Von Engineering/Smith Energyentered 2007-11-08
Primary law: SDWA
Federal penalty: $4,500
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2007-09-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2007-09-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2007-11-08Final Order Issued
- 2007-12-07Enforcement Action Closed
- 2009-02-04Pipeline Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600061771
- Case number
- 08-2007-0158
- 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 08-2007-0158 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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