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MERIT ENERGY COMPANY, INC., SOUTH PENA CREEK UNIT LEASE

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 39045

$500
Penalty
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Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1999-0376
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321(B)(6)(B)(I), AS AMENDED BY THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990. 2. MERIT ENERGY COMPANY, INC. SOUTH PENA CREEK UNIT LEASE CARRIZO SPRINGS, DIMMIT COUNTY, TEXAS 78834 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311 OF THE CWA BY 1) SECONDARY CONTAINMENT APPEARS TO BE GROSSLY INADEQUATE FOR TANKS AND CENTRAL TREATING INSTALLATIONS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $500 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED, AND ISSUED THE RESPONDENT A COM- PLIANCE ORDER TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION(S).

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