# CONOCO
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33747`
- **Case Number:** 06-1983-0004
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $125K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CONOCO, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE                                             CONOCO CHEMICALS COMPANY (CONOCO) OWNS AND OPERATES A      PLANT IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA WHICH MANUFACTURES          POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC) ONLY BY THE SUSPENSION PROCESS.     THE PVC PLANT REPORTEDLY FIRST STARTED OPERATION IN APRIL    OF 1971 AND SUBSEQUENTLY HAS COMPLETED TWO SEPARATE          EXPANSIONS TO DATE. THIS SUIT IS REQUESTED PURSUANT TO       SECTION  113(B)(3) AND (B)(4) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT.              CAUSE OF ACTION                                            FROM APRIL 5,1978 THROUGH MARCH 23,1980, CONOCO'S          OKLAHOMA CITY CHEMICAL (PVC) PLANT IDENTIFIED A TOTAL OF 6   VINYL CHLORIDE (VC) DISCHARGES FOR A 166,000 POUNDS OF VC    DISCHARGED. CONOCO CHARECTERIZES THESE DISCHARGES AS          EMERGENCIES , AN EXCEPTION ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE NESHAP     REGULATIONS, TO THE  NO DISCHARGE  BAN ON THE DISCHARGE OF   THIS HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT. REGION 6 DISAGREES, AND VIEWS  THEM AS  PREVENTABLE  DISCHARGES WHICH ARE PROHIBITED.         FIVE OF THESE DISCHARGES OF VC WERE REPORTED BY CONOCO AS  EMERGENCIES UNDER 40 CFR 61.65(A). REGION 6 FIRST INITIATED  INVESTIGATION OF THESE 5 DISCHARGES BY ISSUING A LETTER TO   THE OKLAHOMA CITY FACILITY UNDER SECTION 114 OF THE CLEAN    AIR ACT, DATED MAY 12, 1981. CONOCO RESPONDED BY LETTER      DATED SEPTEMBER 15,1981, AND IDENTIFIED A SIXTH VC           DISCHARGE WHICH HAD OCCURRED ON APRIL 5, 1978, AND HAD NOT   BEEN REPORTED PREVIOUSLY.               

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