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SEAGULL OPERATING CO., INC. - FARRIS 'B' LEASE

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 40008

$750
Penalty
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Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2000-0386
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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Self-disclosure
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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. SEAGULL OPERATING CO., INC. FACILITY: FARRIS 'B' LEASE SANDY BEND OIL & GAS FIELD UNION PARIS, LOUISIANA 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(J) OF THE CWA BY: 1) FIELD DRAINAGE DITCHES, ROAD DITCHES, AND OIL TRAPS, SUMPS, OR SKIMMERS ARE NOT REGULARLY INSPECTED FOR OIL, AND/OR OIL IS NOT REMOVED; 2) ADEQUATE RECORDS OF DRAINAGE EVENTS ARE MAINTAINED; 3) WALLS OF CONTAINMENT SYSTEM ARE SLIGHTLY ERODED OR HAVE LOW AREAS; AND 4) VISUAL TANK INSPECTIONS ARE NOT CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY BY APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AND/OR INSPECTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE TANK FOUNDATIONS AND SUPPORTS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 311(B)(6)(B)(I) OF THE CWA, EPA ASSESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $750 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

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