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CITGO PETROLEUM CORP

Administrative - Formal · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 35066

$20K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1990-0320
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION OWNS OR OPERATES A FACILITY LOC- ATED IN LAKE CHARLES, LA. WHICH DISCHARGES POLLUTANTS TO THE BAYOU D'INDE, A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. RESPONDENT HAS VIOLATED SECTION 301(A) OF THE ACT, BY VIOLA- TING CONDITION PART I.A OF NPDES PERMIT NO. LA0005941, WHICH CONDITION IMPLEMENTS SECTION 306 OF THE ACT AND WHICH PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO THE RESPONDENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 402 OF THE ACT, BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS IN EXCESS OF THE PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS DURING NOV. AND DEC. 1989. THIS NONCOM- PLIANCE WAS PRECIPITATED BY A LARGE VOLUME OF SOLVENT BEING DISCHARGED INTO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO BAYOU D'INDE. THIS DISCHARGE EXCEEDED THE EFFLUENT LIMITA- TIONS FOR PHENOLICS, TOC, BOD AND TSS AND PRECIPITATED A FISHKILL IN BAYOU D'INDE. A PENALTY OF $125,000 WAS PROPOSED. PERMIT NO. LA005941. DOCKET OR INDEX NO. VI-90-1660.

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