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Activity name

BD OIL GATHERING CORPORATION

Case number

03-1999-0365

Case name

BD OIL GATHERING CORPORATION

Region code

03

Fiscal year

1999

Activity type code

JDC

Activity type desc

Judicial

Activity status code

SPR

Activity status desc

Settlement Present

Activity status date

2003-06-02

Lead agency

EPA

Case status date

2003-06-02

Doj docket number

90-5-1-1-06959

Hq division

WAT

Branch

3RC42

Voluntary self disclosure

false

Multimedia flag

false

Summary text

A LITIGATION REPORT WAS FORWARDED TO DOJ RECOMMENDING THAT A CIVIL ACTION BE FILED AGAINST BD OIL GATHERING CORPORATION SEEKING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION FO CWA SECTION 311, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1321. ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 23, 1998, A TANKER-TRUCK, OWNED BY BD OIL, WITH A FAULTY SAFETY VALVE/ LINE, RELEASED APPROXIMTAELY 92 BARRELS OF OIL OFF ROUTE 36 INTO THE BIG SANDY CREEK, ROANE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. BIG SANDY CREEK FLOWS INTO THE KANAWAHA RIVER WHICH IN TURN FLOWS INTO THE OHIO RIVER. BD OIL, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CLEANUP. CLEANUP AND REMOVAL WAS COMPLETED ON JANUARY 6, 1999. CWA SECTION 311(B)(3) STATES, IN PERTINENT PART, THAT [T]HE DISCHARGE OF OIL...INTO OR UPON THE NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE UNITED STATES...IN SUCH QUANTITIES THAT MAY BE HARMFUL AS DETERMINED BY THE PRESIDENT...IS PROHIBITED. A SHEEN WAS OBSERVED ON THE SURFACE OF BIG SANDY CREEK, THUS CONSTITUTING A QUANTITY OF OIL AS MAY BE HARMFUL FOR PURPOSES OF 40 C.F.R. SECTION 110.3 AND CWA SECTION 311(B)(3 AND (4). CWA SECTION 311(B)(7) PROVIDES FOR CIVIL PENALTIES IN THE EVENT OF SUCH VIOLATION.

Created at

2026-10-02T02:02:59.061315+00:00

Updated at

2026-10-02T02:02:59.061315+00:00

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