9/10/2012 - EXPEDITED SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
AGREEMENT STATES:
ON NOVEMBER 28, 2011, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AN ESTIMATED 180 GALLONS OF OIL, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON THE PINHOOK CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO HUNTSVILLE SPRING BRANCH WHICH FLOWS INTO INDIAN CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER, AND ADJOINING SHORELINES.
THE PINHOOK CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO HUNTSVILLE SPRING BRANCH WHICH FLOWS INTO INDIAN CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE UNITED STATES.
RESPONDENT'S NOVEMBER 28, 2011, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OR THE ADJOINING SHORELINE OF THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY, OR CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURACE. IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CWA.