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Bobcat Oil & Gas To Pay $6,400 Penalty for Oil Spill

Release Date: 6/27/2000
Contact Information: Bonnie Smith (215) 814-5543

Bonnie Smith, 215-814-5543

WAYNE, W.Va. -- Bobcat Oil & Gas Inc. has signed a consent agreement and will pay a $6,400 penalty for spilling oil into Whites Creek in Wayne County, W.Va., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today.

EPA cited Bobcat for violating the Clean Water Act by spilling about 57 barrels (2,394 gallons) of oil into the creek on March 16, 1998. The company cooperated with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection by responding to the spill and repairing its leaking pipeline.

The Clean Water Act prohibits discharges of oil into U.S. waterways, shorelines and coastal areas. The law also requires companies to prepare oil spill prevention and response plans, and to report prohibited discharges immediately to a national response center.