11/10/10 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ON JANUARY 14, 2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 500 GALLONS OF OIL AS DEFINED IN SECTION 311(a)(1) OF THE ACT, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1322(a)(1), FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE UNNAMED CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO THE CATAWBA RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
RESPONDENT'S JANUARY 14, 2010, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OR THE ADJOINING SHORELINE OF THE UNNAMED CREEK OR CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURFACE, AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR SECTION. 110.3.