# MURPHY OIL USA INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34684`
- **Case Number:** 06-1989-0135
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $210K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MURPHY OIL USA INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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