Alta Mesa Services, L.P.,
Fined for Violating the Clean Water Act
(DALLAS –
September 26, 2012) The Environmental Protection Agency has fined Alta Mesa
Services, L.P., of Houston, Texas, $29,400 for violating federal Spill
Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulations at two of its oil
production facilities in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
A May 1,
2012, federal inspection at the facilities found numerous violations including:
failure to adequately conduct and document facility inspections, failure to
provide the locations for spare sump pumps and to provide annual pressure test
data to demonstrate compliance with SPCC regulations. The inspections also
revealed inadequate documentation of SPCC training and failure to describe the
method of activation or control of surface and subsurface well shut-in valves
and devices at the facilities.
The oil
production facilities inspected and fined were: North Turtle Bayou, $9,200 and
Turtle Bayou, $20,400.
SPCC
regulations require onshore oil production or bulk storage facilities to provide
oil spill prevention, preparedness and countermeasures to prevent oil
discharges. The SPCC program helps protect our nation’s water quality since a
spill of only one gallon of oil can contaminate one million gallons of
water.
Additional information on SPCC regulations is available
at: http://www.epa.gov/oilspill
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