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WATCO COMPANIES, LLC (dba ALABAMA SOUTHERN RAILROAD)

Administrative - Formal · FY2013 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3400271864

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Case

Case Number
04-2013-5005
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (2)

Summary

7/17/14 - EXPEDITED OIL SPILL SETTLEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,500. ON OCT 28, 2010, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED 2,500 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON LITTLE BEAR CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO BEAR CREEK AND DISCHARGES INTO LUBBUB CREEK, WHICH FLOWS INTO THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER, WHICH MERGES WITH THE ALABAMA RIVER TO FORM THE MOBILE RIVER, THAT EMPTIES INTO MOBILE BAY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. RESPONDENT'S OCT 28, 2010, DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM IS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE LITTLE BEAR CREEK AND THERE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3.

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