# CLARK OIL
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33788`
- **Case Number:** 06-1984-0002
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $90K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CLARK OIL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CLARK OIL OPERATES A REFINERY IN GARYVILLE, LA.  THE       FACILITY HAS A NPDES PERMIT (# LA0051993), ISSUED BY REG VI. CLARK OIL HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SERIOUS EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS  FOR VIRTUALLY EVERY LIMIT CONTAINED IN THE PERMIT.  THESE    VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCE-  MENT ACTIONS BY BOTH THE EPA AND THE STATE OF LA.  A 1982    ADMIN ORDER AND ACCOMPANYING $45,000 PENALTY ASSESSMENT WAS  ISSUED BY THE LA. STREAMCONTROL COMMISSION.  IT ORDERED      CLARK TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES  AT THE REFINERY.  WHILE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE FACILITIES     WAS ONGOING, THE CO. WAS FAILING TO MEET ITS EFFLUENT LIMIT- ATIONS.  NEAR THE COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION IN JAN. 1983,   AND CONTINUING UNTIL MAY 1983, CLARK OIL VIOLATED EFFLUENT   PARAMETERS FOR ROD, TSS, COD, OIL & GREASE, PHENOL, AMONIA,  AND SULFIDE.  THESE VIOLATIONS ARE THE BASIS OF THIS ACTION.   CLARK HAS A HISTORY OF SERIOUS EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS.  THE   COMPANY HAS FAILED TO OPERATE ITS PLANT IN SUCH A MANNER AS  TO FORSEE & AVERT THE PROBLEMS WHICH LED TO THE VIOLATIONS.    CLARK HAS ATTEMPTED TO RESPOND TO THESE PROBLEMS, BUT ONLY AFTER THEY HAVE DEVELOPED, AND EVEN THEN, NOT IN THE MOST    EXPEDITIOUS OR SATISFACTORY MANNER.  TO THIS POINT, CLARK    HAS BEEN UNABLE TO UNWILLING TO PROVIDE ANY FIRM ASSURANCES  THAT EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS WILL NOT CONTINUE.                    THE PLANT IS CURRENTLY SHUT DOWN, DUE TO THE UNFAVORABLE   MARKET CONDITIONS IN THE AREA.  IT IS 

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