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EQT CORP (MOBLEY/LAWFORD)

Administrative - Formal · FY2014 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3400253571

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Case

Case Number
03-2014-0098
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (1)

Summary

EPA FINALIZED A SUPER-CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER OT RESOLVE VIOLATIONS OF EQT CORPORATION OF SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, AS AMENDED ( CWA ) BY ITS SUBSIDIARIES EQT GATHERING, LLC ( EQT GATHERING ) AND EQT PRODUCTION COMPANY ( EQT PRODUCTION ) FOR TWO SEPARATE OIL SPILLS INTO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES. ON MAY 25, 2013, TWENTY (20) GALLONS OF GAS PIPELINE CONDENSATE WERE DISCHARGED FROM AN ABOVEGROUND STEEL CONDENSATE TANK AT EQT GATHERING'S MERCURY DEHYDRATION STATION, LOCATED IN MOBLEY, WETZEL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. THE DISCHARGE ENTERED MOBLEY RUN, WHICH IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO SECTION 507(7) OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1362(7), AND 40 C.F.R. SECTION 110.1 (1974)(AMENDED 2003), AND CAUSED A VISIBLE SHEEN UPON THE SURFACE AND ADJOINING SHORLINE OF MOBLEY RUN. ON AUGUST 1, 2013, FIFTY (50) GALLONS OF DEGRADED CRUDE OIL WERE DISCHARGED FROM EQT WELL #655356, LOCATED AT LAWFORD, RITCHIE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. THE DISCHARGE ENTERED SPRUCE CREEK, WHICH IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO SECTION 502(7) OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1362(7), AND 40 C.F.R. SECTION 110.1 (1974)(AMENDED 2003), AND CAUSED A VISIBLE SHEEN UPON THE SURFACE AND ADJOINING SHORELINE OF SPRUCE CREEK.

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