# LYONDELL PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36704`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0417
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $159K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- LYONDELL PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 112 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), 42 U.S.C. SEC-     TION 7412.                                                2. LYONDELL PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY                               12000 LAWNDALE                                               HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77001                       3. ON SEPT. 25, 1992, EPA REGION 6 COMMENCED A MULTI-MEDIA      INSPECTION OF LYONDELL'S HOUSTON, TX. REFINERY. THE ONE      WEEK INSPECTION INCLUDED A REVIEW OF THE REFINERY'S COM-     PLIANCE WITH THE CAA, CWA, AND RCRA. VIOLATIONS OF BOTH      THE CAA AND RCRA WERE IDENTIFIED; HOWEVER, THE RCRA VIO-     LATIONS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED BY REGION 6 WITH THE ISSUANCE     OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT TOGETHER WITH A CONSENT A-    GREEMENT AND CONSENT ORDER ASSESSING A $41,000 PENALTY       FOR THE RCRA VIOLATIONS. THE ONLY OTHER VIOLATIONS IDENT-    IFIED BY EPA REGION 6 THAT REQUIRES A FORMAL ENFORCEMENT     RESPONSE RELATES TO THE CAA. THE EPA INSPECTORS IDENTIFI-    ED SEVERAL POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 112 OF THE CAA    RELATING TO LYONDELL'S BENZENE PRODUCTION OPERATIONS AND     ASBESTOS HANDLING PRACTICES. SUBSEQUENT INFORMATION RE-      QUESTS AND MEETINGS WITH LYONDELL HAVE CONFIRMED THE VIO-    LATIONS (AS WELL AS THEIR CORRECTION) WHICH ARE ADDRESSED    IN THIS CIVIL LITIGATION REPORT.                             THE BENZENE VIOLATIONS DISCUSSED HEREIN RELATE TO LYON-      DELL'S PRODUCTION OF HIGH PURITY AROMATIC STREAMS. AT THE    TIME OF THE EPA INSPECTION IN 199

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