Denbury Onshore LLC agreed to implement an injunction relief program including a risk-based program to prevent future crude oil spills and pay a $3.5 million fine to settle US Environmental Protection Agency charges that it violated the federal Clean Water and Oil Pollution Acts, EPA’s Region 4 in Atlanta announced on Apr. 29.
The proposed settlement 3 days earlier covered 26 CWA discharges that occurred between August 8, 2008, and November 11, 2015, which resulted in approximately 7,000 bbl of crude and produced water being released, EPA said.
Plano, Tex.-based Denbury Onshore owns and operates US onshore properties in the Rocky Mountains and along the Gulf Coast. The 26 alleged violations took place at 10 different facilities in Region 4, one in Alabama and nine in Mississippi, EPA said. Most of the discharges were the result of internal corrosion of pipes and flow lines, breaks in old lines, and failed equipment, it indicated.
The proposed settlement is subject to a 30-day comment period, EPA said. Denbury Onshore is a Denbury Resources Inc. subsidiary.
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