# SUN REFINING & MARKETING CO.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1995 · — · Withdrawn by Region/State
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29309`
- **Case Number:** 05-1995-0319
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Withdrawn by Region/State
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SUN REFINING & MARKETING CO.
## Summary

RESPONDENT SUN REFINING AND MARKETING CO. OPERATES A RE-     FINERY IN THE TOLEDO, OHIO SUBURB OF OREGON.                 THE COMPLAINT ALLEGED VIOLATION IN ONE COUNT OF THE OHIO     STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (SIP) FOR LIMITATION OF SULPHUR    DIOXIDE EMISSIONS A VIOLATIONS IN FOUR COUNTS OF THE NAT-    IONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARD AIR POLLUTANTS (NESHAP)  FOR BENZENE.                                                 DURING 1993 AND 1994, FUEL-FIRED STEAM GENERATING UNITS AND  TWO HEATERS THAT WERE OPERATED AT THE PLANT EMITTED AMOUNTS  OF SULFUR DIOXIDE (2O2) EXCESS OF THAT ESTABLISHED BY THE    OHIO SIP, IN VIOLATION OF 42 C.F.R. 1881 (B) (39) (XIV) (D). DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE FACILITY MADE FROM DECEMBER 01   THROUGH 05, 1997, U.S. EPA REPRESENTATIVES OBSERVED THAT     THE WASTEWATER THREATMENT AND ITS COMPONENTS HAD SEVERAL     UNSEALED OPENINGS AND INCOMPLETE SEALS ALLOWED BENZENE TO    ESCAPE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.  THE OPERATION OF THE EQUIPMENT  IN SUCH A CONDITION ITSELF CONSTITUTED A VIOLATION OF THE    NESHAPS FOR BENZENE.  IN ADDITION, THE FAILURE OF THE        COMPANY TO NOTE THESE CONDITIONS INDICATED ITS FAILURE TO    ADEQUATELY MONITOR, TEST, AND INSPECT ITS EQUIPMENT AND THUS MEANT THAT SUN HAD SUBMITTED AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF ERRONEOUS  REPORTS CONCERNING THIS EQUIPMENT TO U.S. EPA PRIOR THE      DECEMBER 1997 INSPECTION.  THESE OBSERVATIONS WOULD CON-     STITUTE VIOLATIONS OF CAA 112 (F) (4).                       SUN'S PARENT, SUN COMPANY, INC., MAI

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