10/23/09 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $14,100.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON AUG 12, 2007, A TRANSFORMER, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE RESPONDENT, CONTAINING APPROX 10,000 GALLONS OF MINERAL OIL EXPLODED AND DISCHARGED APPROX 6,000 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON THE OHIO RIVER AND ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES. RESPONDENT'S AUG 12, 2007, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE OHIO RIVER AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES, AND, THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3, IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA.