# SOUTHWESTERN REFINING COMPANY, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1994 · — · Withdrawn by Region/State
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35795`
- **Case Number:** 06-1994-0084
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Withdrawn by Region/State
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SOUTHWESTERN REFINING COMPANY, INC. (complaint)
## Summary

ON JULY 1, 1993, INSPECTORS OF THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECT- ION PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 112 OF THE CAA. DURING   THE INSPECTION, THE INSPECTOR NOTED THAT A PIECE OF EQUIP-   MENT, A  1/4 BLACK Y VALVE LOCATED DIRECTLY BELOW VALVE #    5304 , IN THE BENZENE EXTRACTION UNIT CONTAINED OR CONTACT-  ED, OR WAS INTENDED TO CONTAIN OR CONTACT A FLUID (LIQUID OR GAS) AT LEAST 10% BENZENE BY WEIGHT AS DETERMINED ACCORDING  TO THE PROVISIONS OF 40 C.F.R. SEC. 61.245(D). THE INSPECTOR ALSO NOTED THAT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, REFERENCED ABOVE, WAS  NOT MARKED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT CAN BE DISTINGUISHED     READILY FROM OTHER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.                      BASED ON THE INSPECTION REPORT, THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS BY  THE FACILITY AND ITS OPERATORS WERE EVIDENT: (1) FAILURE TO  MARK VALVES IN VOLATILE HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT (VHAP) SER-  VICE; AND (2) FAILURE TO PLUG OPEN ENDED VALVES IN VHAP SER- VICE. THE PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY IS $25,000.                 ADDRESS:                                                                KERR-MCGEE CENTER                                            P.O. BOX 25861                                               OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. 73125

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