# TEXACO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52992`
- **Case Number:** 09-1998-0116
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $254K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $4K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- ENVIROTECH, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- TEXACO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A REFERRAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR          ENFORCEMENT AGAINST TEXACO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION,       INC. FOR VIOLATIONS OF SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTES:       FIRST, VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA), SPECIFICALLY   THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NSPS), AND THE         STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR EQUIPMENT LEAKS OF VOC FROM     ONSHORE NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANTS, AS WELL AS THE        NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS     (NESHAP), AND SECOND, FOR VIOLATIONS OF 304(A) & (C) OF THE  EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA).  VIOLATIONS OF NESHAP TOOK PLACE FROM 1993 TO 1997 AT A       TEXACO OIL AND GAS PRODUCING FACILITY ON THE NAVAJO          INDIAN RESERVATION NEAR ANETH, UTAH (NOTE: ALL NAVAJO        LANDS, INCLUDING THOSE IN UTAH, ARE WITHIN PURVIEW OF        EPA, REGION 9). THIS ACTION ALSO ADDRESSES VIOLATIONS        ARISING OUT OF AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT THE ANETH FACILITY   IN 1997 INCLUDING TEXACO'S VIOLATION OF THE EPCRA NOTIFICA-  TION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR TWO RELEASES OF SULFUR   DIOXIDE AS WELL VIOLATIONS OF THE ASBESTOS NESHAP BY TEXACO  AND ITS CONTRACTOR, ENVIROTECH, INC. DURING THE              POST-EXPLOSION CLEANUP. REG 9 SEEKS MONETARY RELIEF FROM     TEXACO IN THE AMOUNT OF $138,830, AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF      REQUIRING TEXACO TO COMPLY WITH EPCRA AND NSPS. REG 9 ALSO   SEEKS A PENALTY OF $34,100 FROM BOTH TEXACO AND ENVIROTECH   FOR THE NESHAP VIOLATIONS AND INJUNC

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