# APACHE NITROGEN PRODUCTS
> **Judicial** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53444`
- **Case Number:** 09-2000-0172
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- APACHE NITROGEN PRODUCTS INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

REFERRAL AGAINST APACHE NITROGEN PRODUCTS INCORPORATED FOR   VIOLATIONS OF THE NSPS AT ITS TWO NITRIC ACID PLANTS         AOP-3 AND AOP-4. VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN ONGOING SINCE          APPROX JULY 1999. ANP HAS EMITTED NITROGEN OXIDES (NOX)      IN THE FORM OF NITROGEN OXIDE AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE. EMISSION HAS BEEN IN EXCESS OF THE LIMIT SET FORTH IN NSPS SUBPART G  DURING PERIODS OF STARTUP AT PLANTS AOP-3 AND AOP-4. THESE   EXCESS EMISSIONS VIOLATE THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE       PROVISION AT 40 CFR 60.11(D), WHICH REQUIRES AN OWNER OR     OPERATOR TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE AN AFFECTED FACILITY IN     A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH GOOD AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PRACTICE AT ALL TIMES, INCLUDING  PERIODS OF STARTUP, SHUTDOWN, AND   MALFUNCTION.

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