# HILL PETROLEUM COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33819`
- **Case Number:** 06-1984-0034
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $7.62M
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HILL PETROLEUM COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

HILL PETROLEUM CO. IS THE OWNER OF 2 REFINERIES IN      LOUISIANA WHICH REPORTED A TOTAL OF 8 LEAD PHASEDOWN VIOL'S  BEGINNING 1981 AND CONTINUING THROUGH 1983.  THE ACTION WAS  BROUGHT PURSUANT TO SECT 211(D) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, WHICH  FIXES A MANDATORY PENALTY FOR EVERY DAY OF VIOLATION. THE    REPORTING PERIODS OF VIOLATION CONTAINED 762 DAYS; THERE-    FORE EPA IS SEEKING THE STATUTORY PENALTY OF $7.62 MILLION.       PRIOR TO REFERRING THE ACTION TO DOJ, EPA ATTEMPTED TO  SETTLE WITH HILL.  DURING THE COURSE OF NEGOTIATIONS, HILL   FILED CH.11 BANKRUPTCY IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.      EPA, IN CONSEQUENCE, HAS FILED A PROOF OF CLAIM IN THE  BANKRUPTCY CASE, AND IS AT THE SAME TIME SEEKING TO EST-     ABLISH LIABILITY FOR THE VIOLATIONS AND THE AMOUNT OF THE    PENALTY IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF    LOUISIANA.    A PLAN WAS CONFIRMED IN THE CHAPTER 11 ON      JUNE 19, 1985, UNDER WHICH EPA WILL RECEIVE CASH AND SHARES  OF STOCK IN A NEWLY REORGANIZED HILL PETROLEUM COMPANY.

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