Violation: The Respondent's tank battery facility was a point source which discharged a pollutant to a waters of the US. The facility was inspected by the EPA on February 15, 2011, and during the inspection the EPA observed where the facility had discharged oil field brine and wastewater to a tributary of Mill Creek and Mill Creek itself.
Relief: An Administrative Order was issued on March 7, 2011 requiring the following: cease all discharges of pollutants from the facility; remove all the brine and contaminated soils from the flow path; remove brine from Mill Creek and the tributary; and, submit written certification that these requirements have been completed.