VIOLATIONS: The Respondent's tank battery facility was a point source discharge of pollutants, specifically brine, to the receiving waters of a tributary of the Deep Fork River, located in the Northeast Quarter of Section 19 (wellhead) and the Southeast Quarter of Section 18 (tank battery), Township 14 North, Range 12 East, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. The discharge of brine was documented during a April 20, 2004, inspection.
RELIEF: The Class I Complaint proposes up to a $32,500 penalty for the violations. An environmental restoration and protection SEP has been negotiated with Cudd and the Consent Agreement and Final Order contains details of the project. Completion date is scheduled for August 20, 2004 and the cash penalty assessed against fell, plus the SEP, is $2,000.