Violation: Respondent's oil field facility was a point source discharge of a pollutant to a waters of the US. The violation was identified based on an EPA inspection conducted on March 26, 2009 at a facility located in the Northeast Quarter Section of Section 4, Township 18 North, Range 7 East, Creek Co., Oklahoma. The violation found consists of an unauthorized discharge of oil field brine to a tributary of the Cimmaron River.
Relief: A Cease and Desist Administrative Order is being issued to the Respondent requiring the following: cease all discharges of pollutants from the facility; remove all the brine located in-between the facility and the point of entry; remove all the brine from the point of entry; and to submit written certification.