# WITCO CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52269`
- **Case Number:** 09-1991-0042
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WITCO CORPORATION (complaint)
## Summary

WITCO CORPORATION (FORMERLY WITCO CHEMICAL CORPORATIONS,    WITCO ) IS A LARGE CHEMICAL MANUFACTURER BASED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND OWNS AND OPERATES AN OIL REFINERY IN OILDALE,   CALIFORNIA A TOWN IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY NEAR BAKERSFIELD WITCO OPERATES A GAS TURBINE COGENERATION SYSTEM (THE         FACILITY ) TO SUPPLY BOTH STEAM AND ELECTRIC POWER AT THE   REFINERY.  WITCO ALSO SELLS ELECTRIC POWER TO PACIFIC GAS    AND ELECTRIC COMPANY.                                          WITCO APPLIED FOR A PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORA-   TION ( PSD ) PERMIT FOR THE GAS FIRED TURBINE COGENERATION   SYSTEM ON APRIL 6, 1983.  THE EPA ISSUED THE PERMIT ON       NOVEMBER 2, 1983.                                              THE QUARTERLY OPERATION REPORT SUBMITTED BY WITCO FOR THE  MONTHS OF JULY 1989 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1989, JANUARY 1990     THROUGH MARCH 1990 AND JANUARY 1991 THROUGH MARCH 1991,      DOCUMENT THAT WITCO VIOLATED THE OXIDES OF NITROGEN EMISSION LIMIT BASED ON A 24 HOUR AVERAGE TWENTY EIGHT TIMES DURING   THOSE THREE QUARTERS.                                          WITCO'S REPEATED EXCESS EMISSIONS WERE CAUSED BY THE       WATER INJECTION SYSTEM (THE NOX POLLUTINO CONTROLS)          CONTINUALLY BREAKING DOWN.  THIS PATTERN OF REPEATED         BREAKDOWN AND WITCO'S OPERATING THE TURBINE WITHOUT AIR      POLLUTION CONTROLS FOR AS LONG AS 15 DAYS BECAUSE OF THE     BREAKDOWNS IS ALSO A VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENT OF         THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARD CO

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