10/24/2013 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2012, THE EPA-AUTHORIZED UIC FIELD INSPECTOR DISCOVERED THE SUBJECT WELL, WHICH WAS CONCEALED BENEATH A BUCKET, ACTIVELY INJECTING PRODUCED FLUIDS THROUGH A FLOW LINE INTO THE WELL CASING.
A REVIEW OF THE EPA'S UIC PROGRAM'S RECORDS REVEALED THAT NO PERMIT HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUBJECT WELL, NOR IS THE SUBJECT WELL RULE-AUTHORIZED.
THEREFORE, RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF PART C OF THE SDWA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 300h , et seq. AND 40 C.F.R. SECTION 144.11 FOR UNAUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNDERGROUND INJECTION WELL AND UNAUTHORIZED UNDERGROUND INJECTION.