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MURPHY OIL USA INC.

Judicial · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 34684

$210K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1989-0135
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-3457
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

MURPHY OWNS AND OPERATES THE MERAUX OIL REFINERY IN ST. BERNARD PARISH. MURPHY HAS NINE AUTHORIZED DISCHARGE POINTS UNDER NPDES ISSUED ON MARCH 16, 1984. OUTFALL OO1 AUTHORIZED THE DISCHARGE OF ONCE-THROUGH NONCONTACT COOLING WATER TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OUTFALLS 003 THROUGH 009 AUTHORIZED STORMWATER DISCHARGES TO TWENTY ARPENT DRAINAGE CANAL. EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS HAVE OCCURRED PRINCIPALLY AT OUTFALL 002 WHICH DISCHARGES APPROXIMATELY TWO (2) MILLION GALLONS PER DAY (MGD) INTO TWENTY ARPENT DRAINAGE CANAL, A WATER QUALITY LIMITED RECEIVING WATER IN THE LAKE PONCHART- RIAN BASIN.

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