9/6/11 - REFERRAL TO DOJ.
2/28/12 - THIS COMPLAINT AND JOINT STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT ADDRESSES AN OCT 3, 2008, RELEASE OF CRUDE OIL FROM MID-VALLEY PIPELINE COMPANY'S (MID-VALLEY) IN BOONE COUNTY, KY, IN VIOLATION OF CWA 331(b)(3). APPROX 4,454 BARRELS OF OIL WERE RELEASED FROM THE PIPELINE WHEN A THIRD PARTY'S CONTRACTOR'S BACKHOE STRUCK THE PIPELINE. IMMEDIATE RESPONSE EFFORTS RESULTED IN THE RECOVERY OF 3,648 BARRELS OF OIL IN ON-SIT CONTAINMENTS PITS. A SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL, ESTIMATED AT ONE BARREL, REACHED NEARBY GUNPOWDER CREEK. MID-VALLEY, THE OWNER OF THE PIPELINE, AND SUNOCO LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP AND SUNOCO PIPELINE, LP, THE OPERATORS OF THE PIPELINE, HAVE AGREED TO SETTLE THE CASE FOR $275,000, AS REFLECTED IN THE JOINT STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT. PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE COURT'S ENTRY OF THE STIPULATION.