8/24/11 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,500.
ON NOVEMBER 29, 2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 2,500 GALLONS OF OIL ITO OR UPON MIDDLE CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO THE LEVISA FORK OF THE BIG SANDY RIVER AND ADJOINING SHORELINES. RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OR THE ADJOINING SHORELINES OF MIDDLE CREEK, OR CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DIPOSITED BENEATH THE SURFACE, AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3