# DIAMOND SHAMROCK
> **Judicial** · FY1981 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33695`
- **Case Number:** 06-1981-0005
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DIAMOND SHAMROCK (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:                                             DIAMOND SHAMROCK IS A DIVERSIFIED INTERNATIONAL CORP    MINISTRATIVE, MARKETING & PRODUCTION FACILITIES THROUGH-     OUT THE US & IN APPROX 30 OTHER NATIONS. THE CO'S DEER       PARK WORKS CONSISTS OF THE SEVERAL FACILITIES WHICH MANU-    FACTURE & PROCESS ORGANIC & INORGANIC CHEMICALS.               CAUSE OF ACTION:                                                THIS ASE INVOLVES A DISCHARGE OF APPROX 19,400 PDS      CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS OVER A 48 HR PD FROM DIAMOND        SHAMROCKS DEER PARK WORKS IN VIOL OF SEC 301 & 311 OF THE    CWA. THE CO STATED IN ITS COMPLIANCE REPORT THAT THE         CAUSE OF THE DISCHARGE WAS ALEAK IN AN ETHLYENE DICHLOR-     IDE(EDC) REACTOR COOLING COIL. AT THE RELEVANT OUTFALL       (003), THE DAILY MAXIMUM EFFLUENT LIMITATION FOR CHLORIN-    ATED HYDROCARBONS IS 900 PDS/DAY. ON 12/26/80, APPROX        18,366 PDS OF CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS WERE DISCHARGED       FROM 003, & ON 12/27/80, APPROX 1,162 PDS WERE DISCHARGED    . IN ADDITION TO CONSTITUTING 2  DAILY MAXIMUM  PERMIT       VIOL'S, THE DISCHARGE ALSO CONSTITUTED A VIOL OF THE         12/80  DAILY AVERAGE  LIMITATION FOR CHLORINATED HYDRO-      CARBONS AT 003.                                                   ALTERNATIVELY, THE 12/6/80 CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON      DISCHARGE( IN THE FORM OF EDC) MAY HAVE CONSTITUTED A        VIOL OF SEC 311 OF THE CWA BECAUSE IT WAS OF AN EPISODIC     NATURE & WAS IN EXCESS OF THE  REPORTA

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