# CHEVRON USA - PLATFORM HIDALGO
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52942`
- **Case Number:** 09-1998-0065
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $7K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CHEVRON USA PRODUCTION COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY ORDER ISSUED PURSUANT TO   CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 309. THE COMPLAINT IN THIS MATTER    WAS ISSUED TO CHEVRON USA PRODUCTION COMPANY FOR AN          EFFLUENT VIOLATION OF GENERAL NPDES PERMIT #CA0110516        COVERING OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION PLATFORMS.          ON MAY 16, 1997 CHEVRON DISCHARGED OIL AND GREASE IN         EXCESS OF THE GENERAL PERMIT LIMITS AT ITS  PLATFORM         HIDALGO  FACILITY, AN OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING RIG LOCATED      OFF OF POINT CONCEPCION, CA. THE COMPLAINT SEEKS A PENALTY   IN THE AMOUNT OF $9000 FOR THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS.

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