A Hartford, Connecticut, oil company will pay $30,000 for violating the federal CWA by causing a visible oil sheen in waters of a wetlands.

According to EPA, an oil delivery truck operated by the company pumped oil into a monitoring well rather than into the UST used for heating oil. As a result, the oil discharged into the environment in a wetlands in close proximity to one of their clients.

The company's insurance carrier immediately hired a response team to contain the spill and investigate its impact. The team was able to contain most of the oil before it entered the wetlands or waterways. To date, the insurance company has spent more than $1 million intercepting the remaining oil and remediating the wetlands.

INFO: Contact EPA's Paula Ballentine at 617-918-1027.