8/30/2012 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,100. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON JUNE 1, 2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED 7.4 BARRELS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO COUNTY COUNTY DITCH. THE JUNE 1, 2010, DISCHARGE CAUSED A SHEEN AND/OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE WATER OF COUNTY DITCH AND THE ADJOINING SHORELINE. THEREFORE, THE DISCHARGE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT MAY BE HARMFUL PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. SECTION 110.3. ACCORDINGLY, RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA.