Producer fined $3,000 for Oklahoma oil spill
Nick Snow
OGJ Washington Editor
WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 15 -- The US Environmental Protection Agency fined Sheridan Production Co. LLC $3,000 for violating the federal Clean Water Act.
The fine settles charges that the Houston-based independent producer spilled 1,000 gal of oil into Mill Creek and adjoining land in Pontotoc County, Okla., according to EPA’s Region 6 office in Dallas.
It said that Sheridan Production Co. agreed to pay the fine, investigate the spill, clean it up, and take corrective actions to prevent future discharges.
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