# CITIES SERVICE
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33719`
- **Case Number:** 06-1982-0020
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $200K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CITIES SERVICE (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE:                                                 THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST CITIES SERVICE CO,       LAKE CHARLES, LA, FOR VIOLATION OF SEC 301(A) OF THE         CLEAR WATER ACT, 33USC SEC 1311(A). CITIES SERVICE OWNS &    OPERATES AN OIL REFINERY & PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX. THE        SUIT SEEKS RELIEF FOR NPDES PERMIT VIOLATIONS OCCURRING      AT THE FACILITY FROM 8/81 TO THE PRESENT. (THE STATE OF      LA HAS INDICATED THAT IT WILL SEEK PLTY'S FOR VIOL'S THAT    OCCURRED PRIOR TO THAT DATE). CITIES SERVICE OPERATES THE    FACILITY UNDER THE TERMS OF NPDES PERMIT LA0005941, WHICH    EXPIRED ON 11/27/79, BUT AS A RESULT OF A TIMELY PERMIT      RENEWAL APPLICATION HAS BEEN ADMINISTATIVELY EXTENDED        PURSUANT TO 40 CFR SEC 122.5 & USC SEC 558(C). CITIES        SERVICES HAS A POOR RECORD OF COMPLIANCE W/ITS PERMIT.       NUMEROUS VIOL'S SINCE 1978 HAVE RESULTED IN 6 ADMINISTRA-    TIVE ORDERS BEING ISSUED BY REGN 6 AS INFORMAL MEASURES      TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE. THESE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS HAVE      HAD NO DISCERNIBLE EFFECT ON THE PROBLEM AT THE FACILITY.    A TALLY OF THE NPDES VIOL'S LISTED IN THE LITIGATION         REPORT SINCE 8/81 REVEAL 392 DAILY MAXIMUM & PH VIOL'S &     38 MONTHLY AVE VIOL'S, AS WELL AS SEVERAL BYPASSING          VIOL'S. PERMIT VIOL'S ARE USUALLY FOR PHENOLS, SULFIDES,     OIL & GREASE, AMMONIA, PH, BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND(BOD),    TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON(TOC), & TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS(TSS).    THERE IS ALSO SOME EVIDENCE THAT A BYP

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