DALLAS — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a cease and desist administrative order to Linn Energy LLC of Houston, Texas, for violations of the Clean Water Act, according to a press release.
A Jan. 11 EPA inspection of the company’s oil field production facility in Oklahoma revealed an unauthorized discharge of oil field brine generated by production activities into a tributary of Salt Creek, the release stated.
Based on these findings, Linn Energy, LLC has been ordered to cease all discharges of pollutants from the facility and remove all brine from the flow path located between the facility and the discharge point of entry into Salt Creek, according to the release.
The company has also been ordered to remove all wastewater located in the tributary between the facility and Salt Creek, and within 30 days provide written certification that these activities have been completed, the release stated.
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