# GETTY REFINING
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `42279`
- **Case Number:** 07-1983-0004
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $5K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GETTY REFINING & MARKETING COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                        GETTY REFINING AND MARKETING COMPANY OWNS AND OPERATES A   REFINERY IN EL DORADO, KANSAS.  THIS REFINERY CONTAINS MANY  SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION AND OVER THE YEARS, DUE TO VARIOUS  CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION PROJECTS, MANY OF THESE        SOURCES HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE      STANDARDS (NSPS) UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT.  THE TWO SOURCES   THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS REFERRAL ARE PROCESS HEATERS,   DESIGNATED B-2101 AND B-2102.  THESE TWO HEATERS WERE CON-   STRUCTED AFTER JUNE 11, 1973, AND ARE FUEL GAS COMBUSTION    DEVICES (AS DEFINED IN 40 C.F.R. SUBPART J, SECTION 60.101   (G)).  THEREFORE THEY ARE SUBJECT TO 40 C.F.R. PART 60, SUB- PART J-- STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR PETROLEUM REFINERIES.    CAUSE OF ACTION:                                                CAUSE OF ACTION                                           ON APRIL 30, 1980, MR. R. G. SOEHLKE, MANAGER OF THE EL    DORADO REFINERY, WROTE A LETTER TO THE DIRECTOR OF AIR AND   HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DIVISION OF EPA, REGION VII, INFORMING   EPA THAT GETTY PLANNED TO REPLACE TWO EXISTING PROCESS       HEATERS.  MR. SOEHLKE PROVIDED EPA WITH SOME INFORMATION     GETTY OF ALL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHICH EPA WOULD NEED RE- GARDING THESE TWO NEW HEATERS.                                    IN A LETTER DATED MAY 12, 1980, EPA REGION VII ADVISED  GETTY THAT THE TWO NEW PROCESS HEATERS IT PLANNED TO CON-    STRUCT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMEN

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