# CELANESE ENGINEERING RESINS, INC. BISHOP, TEXAS PLANT
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35749`
- **Case Number:** 06-1994-0037
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $300K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $500K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CELANESE ENGINEERING RESINS, INC. BISHOP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE BASIS FOR RECOMMENDED CIVIL LIT-  IGATION AGAINST CELANESE ENGINEERING RESINS, INC. ( CER  OR   DEFENDANT ) FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE NATIONAL EMISSION STAND-  ARDS FOR BENZENE EMISSIONS FOR EQUIPMENT LEAKS (FUGITIVE E-  MISSION SOURCES) OF BENZENE, 40 C.F.R. PART 61, SUBPARTS J   AND V. THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AT CER'S FACILITY, LOCATED IN BISHOP, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS (HEREINAFTER THE  BISHOP PLANT  ). THE BENZENE NESHAP FOR EQUIPMENT LEAKS IS APPLICABLE TO   THE BISHOP PLANT BECAUSE THE PROCESS AT THE PLANT INCORPOR-  ATES EQUIPMENT IN BENZENE SERVICE AS DEFINED AT 40 C.F.R.    SEC. 61.111 AND THE PLANT SITE IS DESIGNED TO USE AT LEAST   1,000 MEGAGRAMS (MG) OF BENZENE PER YEAR. CER HAS VIOLATED   THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS WHICH ARE MORE FULLY DISCUSSED IN  SECTION IV: 40 C.F.R. SEC. 61.10(A), 61.112(A), 61.242, 61.  246, AND 61.247.                                             CER IS A SUBSIDIARY OF HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION ( HCC ). CER IS BASED IN SOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY AND IS INCORPORATED   UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. HCC, THE PARENT     COMPANY OF CER, OWNS AND OPERATES SEVERAL PLANTS IN THE      UNITED STATES, INCLUDING PLANTS IN ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA , PAMPA, TEXAS, AND NARROWS, VIRIGINA.                       BENZENE IS USED AT THE BISHOP PLANT IN THE PRODUCTION OF     TRIOXANE. BENZENE IS USED AS AN AGENT TO EXTRACT TRIOXANE    FROM AN AQUEOUS STREAM AND IS RECYCLED THROUGH THE PROCESS   OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH SOME BENZEN

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