7/29/10 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED.
THESE WELLS WERE OVERDUE FOR MECHANICAL INTEGRITY DEMONSTRATION AS INDICATED:
J A HOWARD #2WI, LAST MIT-7/30/04. MIT DUE-7/30/09;
J STOCKTON #1WI, LAST MIT-9/14/04. MIT DUE-9/14/09;
J A HOWARD #4WI, LAST MIT-7/30/04. MIT DUE 7/30/09.
THEREFORE, RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF 40 CFR 144.28(g)(2)(iv)(A), AND THE SDWA BY FAILING TO TIMELY DEMONSTRATE THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THESE WELLS.
RESPONDENT OWNS AND/OR OPERATES BURTON-PHILPOT#1-W UIC WELL. PART I, SECTION C, PARAGRAPH 3, REQUIRES THE PERMITTEE TO PERFORM INJECTION FLUID ANALYSIS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 12 MONTHS. PART I, SECTION D, PARAGRAPH 2, OF THE PERMIT, REQUIRES THE RESULTS OF THESE INJECTION FLUID ANALYSES TO BE SUBMITTED ANNUALLY. THE LAST FLUID ANALYSIS REPORT SUBMITTED TO EPA FOR THIS PERMITTED UNDERGROUND INJECTINO WELL WAS DATED NOV 24, 1999. THEREFORE, RESPONDENT VIOLATED 40 CFR 144.51(a), ITS PERMIT AND THE SDWA BY FAILING TO ANNUALLY PERFORM INJECTION FLUID ANALYSES AND TO SUBMIT THESE REPORTS TO EPA.
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF:
WITHIN 60 DAYS, RESPONDENT SHALL DEMONSTRATE THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE SUBJECT WELLS OR PLUG AND ABANDON THEM.
WITHIN 60 DAYS, RESPONDENT SHALL PERFORM THE REQUIRED FLUID ANALYSIS OF THE INJECTATE FOR THE PERMITTED WELL, AND SUBMIT THE REPORT TO EPA.