VIOLATIONS: Two of the Respondent's facilities, both located in the Southwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 3 South, Range 05 West, Stephens County, Oklahoma, were a point source discharge of pollutants, specifically brine, to a waters of the U.S. Both of the discharge violations occurred on July 09, 2003.
RELIEF: The Class I Complaint proposes up to a $27,500 penalty for the violations. However, the Respondent and EPA entered into a settlement agreement in which the Respondent agreed to perform extensive relief at both facilities. Relief included: removing contaminants; rebuilding secondary containment; soil remediation and restoration; and obtaining and implementing SPCC plans where appropriate. The final deadline for completion of the settlement work was November 1, 2003. The final EPA inspection determined that the Respondent had cooperated fully with the settlement agreement and a bottomline penalty of $1,750 is offered in the attached CAFO.