Two oil well operators in Hart County and Logsdon Valley Oil Co. Inc., were ordered to pay fines for the continued conspiracy to inject fluids, without a permit, into sinkholes and wells from March 13, 2008 through July 18, 2012, in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Specifically, they configured piping to inject produced brine water (fluids brought to the surface in connection with oil production) from the tank battery to sinkholes, and injected produced brine water into a sinkhole, and conveyed fluids into sinkholes, in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act, Title 42, United States Code, Section 300h-2(b)(2) and Title 40 CFR Section 144.11

The case was investigated by the US EPA/Criminal Investigations Division and Kentucky DEP.

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