7/17/12 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $12,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON OR ABOUT JUNE 2, 2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 78 BARRELS OF OIL INTO OR UPON AN INTERMITTENT TRIBUTARY OF MIDDLE FORK CREEK AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES.
THE INTERMITTENT TRIBUTARY OF MIDDLE FORK CREEK IS A NAVIGABLE WATER. RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE OF OIL CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE INTERMITTENT TRIBUTARY OF MIDDLE FORK CREEK AND/OR ITS ADJOINING SHORELINES AND THERE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3. ACCORDINGLY CWA 311(b)(3).