# NATIONAL COOPERATIVE REFINERY ASSOCIATION
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `45099`
- **Case Number:** 07-1994-0292
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $176K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NATIONAL COOPERATIVE REFINERY ASSOC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE INVOLVES VIOLATIONS OF THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE  STANDARDS                                                    (NSPS) FOR INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL-INSTITUTIONAL STEAM         GENERATING UNITS, 40 C.F.R. PART 60, SUBPART DB, AT A        PETROLEUM REFINERY IN MCPHERSON, KANSAS.  SPECIFICALLY,      NATIONAL COOPERATIVE REFINERY ASSOCIATION ( NCRA ) FAILED TO INSTALL CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORING SYSTEMS ON TWO        AFFECTED FACILITIES AT THE REFINERY, IN VIOLATION OF 40      C.F.R. SECTION 60.48B(B).                                    SUBPART DB OF THE NSPS REGULATIONS APPLIES TO EACH STEAM     GENERATING UNIT (AFFECTED FACILITY) THAT COMMENCES           CONSTRUCTION, MODIFICATION, OR RECONSTRUCTION AFTER JUNE 19, 1984, AND THAT HAS A HEAT INPUT CAPACITY FROM FUELS          COMBUSTED IN THE STEAM GENERATING UNIT OF GREATER THAN 29 MW (100 MILION BTU/HOUR).  SECTION 60.44B(E) ESTABLISHES A      LIMIT ON THE EMISSION OF NITROGEN OXIDES (NOX) FROM ANY      AFFECTED FACILITY THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY COMBUSTS COAL, OIL, OR NATURAL GAS WITH BYPRODUCT/WASTE. SECTION 60.48B(B) REQUIRES THAT THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF AN AFFECTED FACILITY SUBJECT   TO THE NOX LIMITS SET FORTH IN SECTION 60.44B SHALL INSTALL, CALIBRATE, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A CONTINUOUS MONITORING      SYSTEM FOR MEASURING NOX EMISSIONS FROM THE AFFECTED         FACILITY.                                                    BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED BY THE REGION FROM NCRA, NCRA  HAS TWO AFFECTED FACILITIES SUBJECT 

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