6/11/10 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $9,000.
ALLEGATIONS:
RECENT FIELD INSPECTIONS AND REVIEW OF RECORDS SHOW THAT THE FRAZIER FRYE #8 WELL HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE JANUARY 2000. THERE ARE NO MECHANICAL INTEGRITY TEST (MIT) RECORDS IN THE FILE FOR THE FRAZIER FRYE #8 WELL, NOR A P&A AFFIDAVIT. THEREFORE, THE RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE SDWA, ITS UIC PERMIT AND 40 CFR 144.51(a) FOR FAILURE TO EITHER DEMONSTRATE THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE FRAZIER FRYE #8 WELL EVERY TWO YEARS WHILE INACTIVE, OR P&A THE WELL IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN EPA-APPROVED P&A PLAN.
RECEND FIELD INSPECTIONS AND REVIEW OF RECORDS SHOW THAT THE GANNON-FRANKLIN #2 INJECTION WELL HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE JAN 2002. THE RECORDS FILE FOR THE GANNON-FRANKLIN #2 INJECTION WELL SHOWS THAT THE LAST MIT WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 18, 2003. THEREFORE, THE RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE SDWA, ITS UIC PERMIT AND 40 CFR 144.41(a) FOR FAILURE TO EITHER DEMONSTRATE THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE GANNON-FRANKLIN #2 INJECTION WELL EVERY 2 YEARS WHILE INACTIVE, OR P&A THE WELL IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN EPA-APPROVED P&A PLAN.
RECENT FIELD INSPECTIONS AND REVIEW OF RECORDS SHOW THAT THE DENNIS #4 INJECTION WELL HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTION, PERFORATED, AND SHUT-IN SINCE JAN 2002 WITH NO TUBING AND PACKER. THERE ARE NO MIT RECORDS IN THE FILE FOR THE DENNIS #4 INJECTION WELL, NOR A P&A AFFIDAVIT. THEREFORE, THE RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE SDWA, ITS UIC PERMIT, AND 40 CFR 144.51(a)