VIOLATIONS: The Respondent's oil field facility was a point source discharge of pollutants, specifically oil field brine (produced water), to the receiving waters of a tributary of Walnut Creek, located in the Northwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 4 South, Range 2 West, Carter County, Oklahoma. The EPA observed the facility had discharged brine during an inspection conducted on January 25, 2007.
RELIEF: The Class I Complaint proposes a penalty of $2,835 for the violations. A SEP has been performed by the Respondent to reduce the proposed penalty. The SEP was in the form of pollution prevention and consisted of installing a sump pump. The penalty for settlement is now $1,500.