Arkansas Energy Company To Pay $2.3M To Resolve Suit Over 2013 Oil Spill

Mealey's (September 4, 2019, 1:14 PM EDT) -- EL DORADO, Ark. — The federal government and state of Arkansas on Aug. 30 filed a consent decree in Arkansas federal court in which an energy company and its subsidiary agreed to pay a $2.3 million civil penalty to resolve allegations that they violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) for discharges of oil that occurred after a March 2013 spill that resulted in the release of 5,890 gallons of crude oil into a nearby creek (United States v. Delek Logistics Operating LLC, et al., No. 18-cv-1040, W.D. Ark.)....