EPA v. BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA H PAD WELL 8 SPILL
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On June 2, 2016, EPA Region 10 filed a consent agreement and final order with BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc. to address violations of Section 311(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act. The violation occurred on April 28, 2014, when Respondent spilled approximately 17 barrels of crude oil and water at its Prudhoe Bay Western Operating Area on the North Slope of Alaska. Respondent agreed to pay a federal penalty of $30,000 which will go to the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
Defendants (1)
- BP Exploration (Alaska) IncNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (63)
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - BPXA WEST OPERATING AREA
H PAD WELL 8, PRUDHOE BAY, AK, 99734
Registry ID: 110010681707
- …and 48 more
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
BP EXPLORATION (ALASKA) INC - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDERentered 2016-06-02
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $30,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2016-03-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2016-06-02Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2016-06-02Final Order Issued
- 2016-06-30Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600660456
- Case number
- 10-2016-0068
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 10
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-2016-0068 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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