# Westlake Chemicals (NC)(LEAD)
> **Judicial** · FY2015 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3603380603`
- **Case Number:** HQ-2015-0006
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Westlake Chemicals (complaint) (settlement)
- Westlake Petrochemicals LLC (complaint) (settlement)
- Westlake Polymers LLC (complaint) (settlement)
- Westlake Styrene LLC (complaint) (settlement)
- Westlake Vinyls, Inc. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

Westlake Chemicals failed to properly operate and monitor three chemical plant's industrial flares. This resulted in excess emissions of pollutants, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), various hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) including benzene, and climate-change-causing greenhouse gases.

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