# AMOCO OIL COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1980 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `42246`
- **Case Number:** 07-1980-0011
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $350K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AMOCO OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

AN ACTION WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT AGAINST AMOCO OIL CO. FOR CONTINUOUSLY DISCHARGING BOD, TSS, OIL AND GREASE, PHENOLS,  AND CHROMIUM THROUGH TWO PERMITTED OUTFALLS AT ITS SUGUR     CREEK REFINERY INTO MISSOURI RIVER IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITS   CONTAINED IN ITS NPDES PERMIT FROM JANUARY 1976. DURING LIT- IGATION IT WAS LEARNED THAT AMOCO HAD BEEN DISCHARGING       POLLUTANTS FROM SEVERAL UNPERMITTED OUTFALLS DURING THE SAME PERIOD.  IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE FACILITY WAS CLOSED   IN JUNE 1982, AMOCO CONTINUES TO DISCHARGE STORMWATER RUNOFF INTO THE RIVER.  THE PARTIES ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE AN       AGREEMENT BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFULL DUE TO A DISPUTE OVER THE   AMOUNT OF THE ECONOMIC SAVINGS WHICH AMOCO ENJOYED BY NOT    INSTALLING THE NECCESSARY POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT. TRIAL WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 16 TO 20, 1983.

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