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AMOCO OIL COMPANY

Judicial · FY1994 · — · Unknown · 28996

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Case

Case Number
05-1994-0395
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unknown
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Summary

THE AMOCO WHITING REFINERY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST REFINERIES IN THENATION. OPERATING 24 HOURS A DAY. PROCESSING UP TO 405,000 BARRELS OFCRUDE OIL PERDAY INTO VARIOUS PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. APPROXIMATELY 1,400ACRES OF LAND ON THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN IN NORTHWESTINDIANA. THE WHITING REFINERY HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1890. AMOCO'S PROCESS EQUIPMENT INCLUDES DISTILLATION TOWERS. FLUIDCATALYTIC CRACKERS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT USED TO PRODUCE GASOLINE. AHEAVY OILS PLANT. A COKER, AN ASPHALT PLANT, PRODUCT TREATING ANDBLENDING UNITS. SULFUR RECOVERY UNITS. AND VAPOR RECOVERY UNITS.NUMEROUS SOLID WASTES, AIR EMISSIONS AND WASTEWATER STREAMS AREGENERATED DURING THE PROCESSING OF CRUDE OIL. FIVE EPA RCRAIDENTIFICATION NUMBERS ARE PRESENTLY BEING USED TO IDENTIFY RCRAACTIVITIES. A NUMBER OF STATE -ISSUED AIR PERMITS REGULATE THE EMISSION OF ARANGE OF AIR POLLUTANTS FROM THE REFINERY OVER 80 SOURCES. TWO HUNDREDSTORAGE TANKS AND APPROXIMATELY 47,500 EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS ARE ALSOMONITORED AND REGULATED. THE WHITING REFINERY CONTAINS. AMONG OTHERSOURCES, EMISSION SOURCES WHICH ARE REGULATED BY INDIANA STATEIMPLEMENTATION PLAN (INDIANA SIP). PURSUANT TO SECTION 110 OF THE CAA,AND THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NSPS). 40 C.F.R. PART 60,PURSUANT TO SECTION III OF THE CAA. THE EMISSION SOURCES THAT ARE OFIN

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