# NICOR NATIONAL LOUISIANA, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34669`
- **Case Number:** 06-1989-0119
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $225K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NICOR NATIONAL LOUISIANA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NICOR NATIONAL LOUISIANA, INC.  OWNS AND OPERATES A SHIP-  YARD AT WHICH IT CLEANS AND REPAIRS BARGES, TUGS, AND OIL    FIELD SUPPLY BOATS ON BAYOU ROAD IN BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA  TYPICAL OPERATIONS INCLUDE SANBLASTING, PAINTING,  GAS-FREE- ING,   AND BILGE CLEANING .  THE FACILITY DISCHARGES WASTE-  WATER TO BAYOU BARATARIA IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE         BARATARIA BASIN, ONE OF THE COUNTRY' MOST PRODUCTIVE         ESTUARINE FISHERIES.  ALTHOUGH IT BEGAN DISCHARGING  WAST-   WATER ON OCT 18, 1985, NICOR DID NOT  PPLY FOR A NATIONAL    POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT UNTIL  JULY 5, 1988.  MOREOVER NICOR'S DISCHARGES DURING THAT       PERIOD WOULD HAVE VIOLATED WATER QUALITY BASED EFFLUENT      LIMITATIONS EPA WOULD HAVE IMPOSED IN AN NPDES PERMIT, HAD   NICOR APPLIED FOR ONE.  EPA NOW REQUESTS THT THE DEPARTMENT  OF JUSTICE INSTITUTE A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST NICOR, SEEKING A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2, 230,000.

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