# NAVAJO REFINING COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35740`
- **Case Number:** 06-1994-0027
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $1.75M
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NAVAJO REFINING COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE NAVAJO REFINING COMPANY (NAVAJO) ARTESIA OPERATIONS (THE FACILITY), ARTESIA, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, IS A PETROLEUM  REFINERY WHICH PROCESSES 60,000 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL DAILY.  NAVAJO IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE NAVAJO NATIVE AMERICANS.   THE MAJOR REFINING PROCESSES AT THE FACILITY ARE CRUDE OIL   FRACTIONATION, FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKING, ALKYLATION,     REFORMING AND DESULFURIZATION. SAMPLES COLLECTED AT THE FA-  CILITY INDICATE RELEASES OF BENZENE AT THE FACILITY. EPA IS  SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF INCLUDING A PERMANENT INJUNCTION   FOR THE IMMDEIATE CESSATION OF LAND DISPOSAL OF TC WASTE AND  USE OF THE EVAPORATION PONDS INTO WHICH THIS WASTE IS DIS-  POSED; CLOSURE OF THE PONDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS; REMOVAL OF THE WASTEWATER AND SLUDGES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RE- QUIREMENTS AND PAYMENT OF A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN   $2,680,690.00.                                               ADDRESS: 501 E. MAIN ST.                                              ARTESIA, EDDY COUNTY, N.M. 88210                    SIC CODE 2911

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