# CONOCO, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `51066`
- **Case Number:** 08-1998-0164
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $54K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CONOCO, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

A 1989 CONSENT ORDER REQUIRED THE COMPANIES (CONOCO, INC) TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A GROUNDWATER INTERCEPTION AND TREAT-   MENT SYSTEM THAT  SHALL PREVENT THE OFFSITE MIGRATION OF     HYDROCARBONS AND DISSOLVED HAZARDOUS CONSTITUENTS TAKING     INTO ACCOUNT THE VARIATION IN WATER TABLE ELEVATIONS .       BENZENE IS A HAZARDOUS CONSTITUENT.  EPA HAS DETERMINED      THAT THE PRESENCE OF BENZENE IN WELLS NSCMW-02A, NSCMW-03,   NSCPZ-03 AND NSCMW-08, AT MULTIPLE TIMES, AT CONCENTRATIONS  EXCEEDING 5 PARTS PER BILLION, DURING THE TIME FRAME OF      10/15/96 TO 8/7/98, CONSTITUTES VIOLATIONS OF THE 1989       CONSENT ORDER (SEE DOCKET #08-89-0048).                         A CASH PENALTY OF $72,500 IS ASSESSED.                       CONOCO, INC. SHALL ALSO PERFORM A SEP, WHICH WILL         SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE SULFUR EMISSIONS.  A SIGNIFICANT SULFUR REDUCTION IS EQUIVALENT TO APPROXIMATELY 200 TONS PER YEAR.

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