CHEVRON USA, INC. OWNS AND OPERATES A PETROLEUM REFINERY IN EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA. THE FACILITY REFINES CRUDE OIL BY VARIOUS PROCESSES INTO PRODUCTS SUCH AS GASOLINE. EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT CHEVRON VIOLATED SCAQMD RULES 201 AND 1303 BY COMMENCING ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION ON THE CCR PROJECT AT THE FACILITY WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A PTC FROM SCAQMD. REGION IX WILL ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THIS CASE AGAINST CHEVRON BY PREREFERRAL NEGOTIATIONS AND HAS PROPOSED A BOTTOM LINE CIVIL PENALTY OF $345,100. SINCE NO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF APPEARS NECESSARY, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO NEGOTIATE A CIVIL PENALTY AND A STIPULATED DISMISSAL IN THIS CASE.