8/21/08 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. RESPONDENT'S INJECTION WELLS WERE IN EXISTENCE ON JUNE 25, 2984, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE UIC PROGRAM IN KY. ON MAY 8, 1998, EPA ISSUED FINAL ADMIN ORDER ON CONSENT, DOCKET NUMBER 4-UICC-056-90C TO RESPONDENT. THE FINAL AOC BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JUNE 7, 1998. THE VIOLATIONS LISTED IN THAT AOC REMAIN AS PART OF THIS ORDER AND ARE INCLUDE BY REFERENCE. ON JUNE 19, 2000, EPA RECEIVED A PROPOSAL FORM FROM RESPONDENT REQUESTING AN ESTENTION OF THE DEADLINE FOR PAYMENT OF THE CIVIL PENALTY AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS OUTLINED IN THE FINAL AOC. ON NOVEMBER 8, 2000, EPA ISSUED A MODIFICATION OF THE AOC, INCORPORATING RESPONDENT'S AFOREMENTIONED PROPOSAL. SINCE THAT DATE, RESPONDENT HAS PAID THE PENALTY IN FULL AND PERFORMED SOME OF THE REQUIRED INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. ON APRIL 16, 2008, EPA AND RESPONDENT DISCUSSED, BY PHONE, THE REMAINING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE AOC. RESPONDENT EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO PLUG AND ABANDON THE SUBJECT WELLS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE H. GIVENS #W-2B WELL, ON WHICH RESPONDENT DESIRES TO CONDUCT A DEMONSTRATION OF MECHANICAL INTEGRITY.
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF: NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 30, 2008, RESPONDENT SHALL PLUG AND ABANDON THE SUBJECT WELLS ACCORDING TO AN EPA-APPROVED P&A PLAN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE H. GIVENS #W-2B WELL AND UP TO 4 ADDITIONAL WELLS, TWO BEING ON THE M.A. HAWES LEASE AND ONE EACH ON THE E.N. ANDERSON AND TOM KIRBY LEASES. NO LATER THAN NOV 30, 2008, RESPONDENT SHALL DEMONST