7/19/2012 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500.
ALLEGATIONS: ON MARCH 2, 2012, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 104 GALLONS OF OIL INTO OR UPON THE FISHING CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO THE LAKE CUMBERLAND AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
THE FISHING CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO THE LAKE CUMBERLAND IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. RESPONDENT'S MARCH 2, 2012, DISCHARGE OF OIL CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OR THE ADJOINING SHORELINES OF THE FISHING CREEK, OR CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURFACE AND THEREFORE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3.