# CLARK REFINING & MARKETING
> **Judicial** · FY1995 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29145`
- **Case Number:** 05-1995-0126
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $2.00M
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $22.00M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CLARK A/K/A THE PREMCOR REFINING GROUP
- CLARK REFINING & MARKETING (settlement)
## Summary

THE HARTFORD REFINERY IS A COKING REFINERY, WITH THE         CAPACITY TO PROCESS 60,000 BARRELS OF HEAVY, SOUR CRUDE PER  DAY.  THE FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT (FCCU) IS THE        SUBJECT OF THE VIOLATIONS IN THIS REFERRAL.  THE FCCU        PROCESSES DIFFERENT FRACTIONS OF CRUDE OIL INTO GASOLINE.    THE RESULTS OF                                               THREE CONSECUTIVE STACK TESTS, CONDUCTED ON SEPTEMBER 9,     1993, FEBRUARY 8 AND MARCH 1, 1994, INDICATED VIOLATIONS OF  THE PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSION LIMIT OF THE ILLINOIS SIP.   A FOURTH STACK TEST, CONDUCTED ON MARCH 22, 1994, AFTER SOME EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND UNDER REDUCED OPERATING CONDITIONS,    SHOWED COMPLIANCE WITH THE LIMIT.  IN SEPTEMBER 1994, CLARK  SHUT THE FCCU DOWN AND CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE REPAIRS TO THE    NEW CYCLONES IN THE CATALYST REGENERATOR.  CLARK CONDUCTED A FIFTH STACK TEST ON THE REPAIRED FCCU ON DECEMBER 9, 1994.   THE RESULTS OF THAT STACK TEST SHOWED COMPLIANCE WITH THE    SIP LIMIT.  THE ILLINOIS SIP INCLUDES A PERMITTING RENEWAL   RULE THAT REQUIRES AN APPLICATION TO BE FILED 90 DAYS PRIOR  TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXISTING PERMIT.  ON FEBRUARY 28,   1994, THE OPERATING PERMIT FOR THE FCCU EXPIRED.  ON MARCH   9, 1994, PRIOR TO DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH THE          PARTICULATE EMISSION LIMIT, CLARK SUBMITTED ITS RENEWAL      APPLICATION TO THE IEPA.  AFTER THE OPERATING PERMIT EXPIRED ON FEBRUARY 28, 1994, CLARK CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE FCCU,   IN VIOLATION OF THE SIP REGULATION T

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