Public Notice: Live Oak Limited, Bakersfield, California; Proposed Settlement of SDWA Underground Injection Control Administrative Penalty
Summary
In accordance with Section 1423(c)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. § 300h-2(c)(1), and the “Consolidated Rules of Practice Governing the Administrative Assessment of Civil Penalties and the Revocation/Termination or Suspension of Permits” (Consolidated Rules) at 40 C.F.R. Part 22, notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement, recorded in a Consent Agreement and proposed Final Order (Proposed Consent Agreement) between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX (EPA) and Live Oak Limited (Respondent) to resolve an administrative proceeding under Section 1423(c)(3)(B) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. § 300h-2(c)(3)(B).
In the Matter of Live Oak Limited, Docket No. UIC-09-2025-0054
Pursuant to 40 C.F.R. §§ 22.13(b) and 22.18(b)(2)-(3), Complainant and Respondent entered into a Proposed Consent Agreement to simultaneously commence and conclude this SDWA civil administrative proceeding.
The Proposed Consent Agreement requires Respondent to pay the United States a penalty of nineteen thousand three hundred sixty-four ($19,364) dollars. Payment of this penalty will resolve the EPA’s allegations that Respondent failed to comply with the terms of its permit by failing to timely establish and report a historic cyclic range of annular pressures during normal operating conditions in violation of its Class I Underground Injection Control permit, 40 C.F.R. § 144.51(a), and the SDWA.
Complainant: Amy C. Miller-Bowen, Director, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
Respondent: Live Oak Limited, 7001 Granite Road, Bakersfield, CA 93308
Facility: The Facility is a 48-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant. Respondent injects non-hazardous treated wastewater from various processes into the Formosa Sand formation through one Class I well at depths ranging from 5,400 to 5,600 feet below ground surface.
Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent: Respondent is a company that operates a natural gas-fired peaker power plant located at 7001 Granit Road, Bakersfield, CA 93308
Alleged Violations: EPA alleges that Respondent failed to comply with the terms of its permit, 40 C.F.R. § 144.51(a), and the SDWA, by failing to timely establish and report a historic cyclic range of annular pressures during normal operating conditions.
Proposed Order and Penalty: $19,364
Applicants or Respondents
Live Oak Limited7001 Granite Road
Bakersfield, CA 93308
United States
Docket Numbers
- UIC-09-2025-0054