# EXXON CHEMICALS AMERICAS
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35208`
- **Case Number:** 06-1991-0024
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $153K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- EXXON CHEMICALS AMERICAS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE EXXON CORPORATION, THROUGH ITS EXXON CHEMICAL COMPANY  DIVISION, OWNS AND OPERATES THE BATON ROUGE RESIN FINISHING  PLANT (BRRFP) NEAR BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA IN EAST BATON      ROUGE PARISH.  THE PLANT RECEIVES HYDROCARBON RESIN DIS-     SOLVED IN A SOLVENT TRANSPORTED BY PIPELINE FROM THE NEARBY  EXXON BATON ROUGH CHEMICAL PLANT.  THE SOLVENT IS REMOVED    AND THE RESIN IS RECOVERED.  SOLIDIFIED RESIN IS SHIPPED IN  BAGS, BOXES, OR DRUMS.  MOLTEN RESIN IS SHIPPED IN TANK CARS OR TANK TRUCKS.  RESIN/WATER EMULSIONS ARE ALSO PROODOUCED.    THIS CASE INVOLVES ONE HYDROCARBON RESIN STORAGE TANK      (TANK 506) WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT  OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (LDEQ) AS VIOLATING SUBPARTS A AND  KB OF 40 C.F.R. PART 60, THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STAN-    DARDS.  EXXON FAILED TO FILE NOTIFICATIONS OF THE COM-       MENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION, ANTICIPATED STARTUP AND ACTUAL    STARTUP.  EXXON ALSO FAILED TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMISSION      CONTROL EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTIONS.  IN ADDITION, EXXON DID NOT  INSTALL AN ADEQUATE EFISSION CONTROL DEVICE; FAILED TO       PREPARE, SUBMIT AND FOLLOW AN OPERATING PLAN; FAILED TO      MONITOR EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE OPERATING PARAMETERS TO      ENSURE PROPER OPERATION; AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN RECORDS      REQUIRED BY SUBPART KB.                                        THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRING AT EXXON'S BRRFP FACILITY WERE    DOCUMENTED BY THE COMPANY'S MAY 13, 1991 RESPONSE TO         REGION 6'S 114 LETTER.  EPA REQUESTS T

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