# ASHLAND OIL, INCORPORATED
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20235`
- **Case Number:** 04-1985-0024
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $763K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ASHLAND OIL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:  ASHLAND OIL, INC. OPERATES A REFINERY IN CATLETTSBURG, KY. WHICH ENGAGES IN FRACTIONAL DISTILLA-   TION OF CRUDE OIL INTO VARIOUS FUELS, LUBRICANTS & ASPHALT.  ASHLAND IS CURRENTLY OPERATING UNDER NPDES PERMIT NO.        KY0000388 ORIGINALLY ISSUED 01/74, & MOST RECENTLY REISSUED  BY EPA IN 09/83. THE CURRENT PERMIT BECAME EFFECTIVE ON      OCTOBER 26, 1983, & WILL EXPIRE ON 10/25/88. RESPONSIBILITY  FOR THE NPDES PROGRAM WAS DELEGATED TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF   KY. ON 10/01/83. ENFORCEMENT OF THE ASHLAND PERMIT WAS IN-   CLUDED AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM DELEGATION.                     RELIEF REQUESTED:  THERE IS NO NECESSITY TO SEEK A PRELIM- INARY INJUNCTION IN THIS MATTER.

---
*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*