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MOTIVA ENTERPRISES LLC-(9 Facilities)-Refinery Consent Decree

Judicial · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 40846

$4.40M
Penalty
Cost recovery
$400.00M
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2000-1232
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-07209
Multimedia
Y
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 113 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 7413. 2. MOTIVA ENTERPRISES LLC. LA. STATE HIGHWAY 44 AND LA. STATE HIGHWAY 70 CONVENT, SAINT JAMES PARISH, LOUISIANA 70723 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 112 OF THE CAA & NESHAP BY: 1) FAILING TO PROPERLY CALCULATE THE REFINERY'S TOTAL ANNUAL BENZENE (TAB) QUANTITY FROM THE BENZENE STREAMS; 2) FAILING TO MANAGE AND TREAT THE REFINERY'S BENZENE WASTE STREAMS; 3) FAILING TO PROPERLY CONTROL THE BENZENE AMBIENT EMISSIONS FROM THE WASTE STREAMS; 4)FAILING TO FOLLOW TEST METHODS, PROCEDURES AND COMPLIANCE PROVISIONS FOR A REFINERY WITH A TAB OF 10 MG/YR OR MORE; AND 5) FAILING TO FOLLOW REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR A REFINERY WITH A TAB OF 10 MG/YR OR MORE.4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 113 OF THE CAA, EPA SUBMITTED THE DIRECT REFERRAL TO DOJ REQUESTING PROSECUTORIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE CIVIL VIOLATIONS.

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