# SHELL OIL COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52129`
- **Case Number:** 09-1988-0003
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $67K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SHELL OIL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SHELL OWNS AND OPERATES A CRUDE OIL REFINERY AT ITS        WILMINGTON MANUFACTURING PLANT IN CARSON, CALIFORNIA.  THE   COMPLEX INCLUDES A SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT WHICH CONTAINS      TWO CLAUS UNITS, A SCOT UNIT AND TWO INCINERATORS, ALL OF    WHICH SERVE TO RECOVER SULFUR FROM THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE      PRODUCED BY THE REFINERY.  PURSUANT TO A CALIFORNIA STATE    REGULATION, SHELL IS REQUIRED TO TAKE ITS SCOT UNIT OFF-LINE FOR A MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY INSPECTION EVERY THREE YEARS.   SUCH AN INSPECTION IS DUE BY APRIL 1988.  UNLESS SHELL SHUTS DOWN ITS ENTIRE REFINERY, TAKING THE SCOT UNIT OFF-LINE      WILL CAUSE A VIOLATION OF THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STAND-  ARDS ( NSPS ) FOR PETROLEUM REFINERIES UNDER THE CLEAN AIR   ACT.

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