# UNITED REFINING COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `17836`
- **Case Number:** 03-1997-0339
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- UNITED REFINING COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

REGION III REQUESTS THAT DOJ FILE A CIVIL SUIT AGAINST       UNITED REFININF COMPANY SEEKING CIVIL PENALTIES AND IN-      JUNCTIVE RELIEF TO ADDRESS VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT,  42 USC SECTIONS 7401 ET SEQ. AND THE EPA APPROVED            PENNSYLVANIA STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP) WHICH IS EN-    FORCEABLE PURSUANT TO SECTION 110 OF THE ACT, 42 USC 7410.   THIS REQUEST IS BASED ON VIOLATIONS THAT OCCURRED AT         UNITED'S PETROLEUM REFINERY LOCATED IN WARREN PENNSYLVANIA.  SPECIFICALLY, UNITED VIOLATED THE ACT'S NEW SOURCE           SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, 42 USC 7411, NATIONAL          EMISSIONS STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS, 42 USC     7412, AND THE PENNSYLVANIA SIP AS A RESULT OF EXCESS         EMISSIONS OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM VARIOUS RE-     FINERY PROCESS UNITS, SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM FUEL GAS  COMBUSTION DEVICES AND BENZENE EMISSIONS FROM WASTE WATER   OPERATIONS AT THE REFINERY.

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