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'UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION6 1445 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 1200 DALLAS, TEXAS 75202-2733 DEC 1426l CERTIFIED MAIL- RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED: 7015 1520 0003 3989 7323 The Corporation Company Gulfport Energy Corporation 1833 S. Morgan Road Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73128 CERTIFIED MAIL- RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED: 7015 1520 0003 3991 2675 Mr. Jace Marshall, Director ofEHS & Regulatory Gulfport Energy Corporation 3OOJ Quail Springs Parkway Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73134 Re: Notice of Proposed Assessment of Class I Civil Penalty Docket Number: CWA-06-2019-1708 Facility Number: OKU000869 Dear Mr. Marshall: Enclosed is an Administrative Complaint (Complaint) issued to Gulfport Energy Corporation, for violation of Section 30l(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The violation was identified during inspections that occuned on March 14, 2018 conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The inspection was conducted at your oil field disposal and production facility known as the North Cheyenne Lease located in Lindsay, Grady County, Oklahoma. The violation alleged is for the unauthorized discharge of pollutants, specifically oil field brine and produced wate1:, to a water of the United States. Administrative Order, Docket Number CWA-06-2018-1793, was issued to Respondent on June 18, 2018 addressing this same violation. You have the right to request a hearing regarding the violation alleged in the Complaint and the proposed administrative civil penalty. For infmmation regarding hearing and settlement procedures, please refer to Part 22, "Consolidated Rules of Practice," which can be found at https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/consolidated-rules-practice-40-cfr-part22-adrninistrative-assessment-civil-penalties. Please pay attention to Section V of the Complaint entitled "Notice of Opportunity to Request a Hearing." Note that should you fail to request a hearing within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Complaint, you will waive your right to such a hearing, and the proposed civil penalty of$19,000.00 maybe assessed against you without fmiher proceedings. You have the right to be repres<':nted by an attorney or to represent yourself at any stage of these proceedings.