← EPA enforcement cases

Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Administrative - Formal · FY2011 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 2600002798

—
Penalty
—
Cost recovery
—
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2011-1767
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Multimedia
—
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

Violation: The Respondent's oil field facility was a point source which discharged a pollutant to a waters of the US. The facility was inspected by the EPA on January 19, 2011. During the inspection the EPA observed where the facility had discharged oil field brine and produced wastewater to a tributary of Rush Creek. Relief: An Administrative Order was issued to the Respondent on February 14, 2011 requiring the following: cease all discharges of pollutants from the facility; remove brine from the tributary of Rush Creek; remove brine and contaminated soils from the facility and flowpath; and certify to EPA within 30 days that these requirements have been completed.

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown