EPA v. Pale Horse Services
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On June 2, 2022, EPA entered into an Expedited Settlement Agreement with Pale Horse Services, Inc. of Dickenson, North Dakota to address Oil Pollution Act violations, in response to an incident on January 1, 2022, when a truck and trailer operated by Pale Horse Services, were driven onto and broke through the ice on Skunk Bay, a bay of the Missouri River/ Lake Sakakawea, a drinking water source for the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. The accident caused a sheen of oil on the lake surface. The drinking water sources were not impacted.
Defendants (1)
- Pale Horse ServicesNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
PALE HORSE SERVICES
10948 27TH ST SW, MANDAREE, ND, 58601
Registry ID: 110071299993
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Pale Horse Servicesentered 2022-06-02
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2022-06-02Final Order Issued
- 2022-06-02Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2022-07-06Enforcement Action Closed
- 2022-07-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3603289339
- Case number
- 08-2022-0100
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 08
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-2022-0100 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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