# CHEVRON USA, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52488`
- **Case Number:** 09-1994-0020
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $443K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CHEVRON USA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

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.

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