9/18/2014 - OIL SPILL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
AGREEMENT ALLEGES:
ON FEBRUARY 10, 2014, RESPONDENT DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SURFACE OF BIG WILLS CREEK AND/OR UPON THE ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE COOSA RIVER AND THEREFORE, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL.
RESPONDENT'S FEBRUARY 10, 2014 DISCHARGE OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON BIG WILLS CREEK, AND/OR ADJOINING SHORELINES, WHICH EVENTUALLY FLOWS TO THE COOSA RIVER, WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETRMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 110.3, RESPONDENT THEREFORE VIOLATED SECTION 311(b)(3).