# CONOCO CHEMICALS CO. - WESTLAKE
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33754`
- **Case Number:** 06-1983-0011
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $100K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CONOCO, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CONOCO CHEM CO ('THE CO') OWNS AND OPERATES AN ETHYLENE    DICHLORIDE (EDC)/VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER (VCM) FACILITY IN    WESTLAKE, LA (AROUND LAKE CHARLES).  THE PLANT BEGAN OPERA-  TION IN 1/68.  EMISSIONS FROM THE PLANT ARE SUBJECT TO       NESHAP.  CIVIL SUIT FOR PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELEIF IS   REQUESTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 113(B)(3-4) OF THE CAA.             CAUSE OF ACTION                                           THE NAT'L EMISSION STANDARD FOR VC PROHIBITS, AMONG OTHER  THINGS, ANY VC DISCHARGES FROM ANY RELIEF VALVE IN VC SER-   VICE EXCPET FOR EMERGENCIES; REQUIRES REPORTING OF RELIEF VA VALVE DISCHARGES W/IN 10 DAYS; LIMITS VC EMISSIONS FROM E    QUIPMENT USED IN EDC PURIFICATION AND IN VC FORMATION AND    PURIFICATION TO 10 PPM; AND LIMITS, TO 10 PPM, VC EMISSIONS  REMOVED FROM IN-PROCESS WASTEWATER AND DUCTED THROUGH A      CONTROL SYSTEM.                                                SINCE THE VC STANDARD BECAME EFFECTIVE, ON 10/21/76,       CONOCO HAS REPORTED 20 DISCHARGES TOTALLING 13,326.8 LBS OF  VC.  REGION 6 DETERMINED THAT 16 RELIEF VALVE DISCHARGES     WERE IN VIOLATION OF 40CFR 61.65(A), ONE DISCHARGE WAS IN    VIOLATION OF 40CFR 61.63(A), ONCE DISCHARGE WAS A VIOLATION  OF 40CFR 61.62(A), 61.63(A), AND 61.65(B)(9)(II), AND ONE    DISCHARGE WAS SUBJECT ONLY TO 40CFR 61.63(A) AND WAS FOUND   IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT STANDARD, AND ONE DISCHARGE WAS NOT  SUBJECT TO NESHAP REGULATIONS.                               OUR CONCERN IS THE FAILURE OF THE CO. 

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