# FINA OIL AND CHEMICAL CO.
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35439`
- **Case Number:** 06-1992-0093
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $450K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FINA OIL AND CHEMICAL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

FINA OIL AND CHEMICAL COMPANY IS AN OIL REFINERY             LOCATED IN PORT AUTHUR, TEXAS.  THE NPDES PERMIT             # TX4201, ISSUED TO FINA ON 3/21/88 AND EFFECTIVE            ON 9/22/88, ALLOWS THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER FROM          5 OUTFALLS FOR THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF WASTEWATER:            TREATED PROCESS AND UTILITY WASTEWATER, NONCONTACT           COOLING WATER, FILTER BACKWASH AND STORMWATER RUNOFF.        DURING THE PERIOD FROM 6/87 TO 2/92 THE FINA OIL AND         CHEMICAL COMPANY EXPERIENCED AND REPORTED NUMEROUS           EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS AND VISIBLE OIL SHEENS.  IN              ADDITION, A TOTAL OF 21 BYPASSES OCCURRED AND THERE          WERE 25 INCIDENTS IN WHICH NO SAMPLE WAS TAKEN ON            DAYS WHEN THERE WAS A DISCHARGE.

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