# BP OIL INC (MARCUS HOOK REFINERY)
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `9836`
- **Case Number:** 03-1985-0036
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $2.19M
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BP OIL INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BP OIL INC. OWNS & OPERATES A REFINERY PRODUCING GASOLINE JET FUEL, DIESAL OIL & OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.  THE REFIN- ERY IS LOCATED IN MARCUS HOOK BOROUGH, DELAWARE COUNTY, PA.  BP IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY  OF OHIO.                                                        WASTEWATERS ARE DISCHARGED FROM THIS FACILITY THROUGH 8   OUTFALLS: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, & 008.  OUTFALL 001 CONTAINS THE WASTEWATER FROM 101 & 201 DISCHARGES.OUT-   FALLS 101 & 201 ARE LIMITED SEPARATELY PRIOR TO COMBINATION  INTO OUTFALL 001.  THIS ACTION ADDRESSES THOSE EFFLUENT LIM- ITATION VIOLATIONS OCCURRING AT OUTFALL 201 WHICH IS AN IN-  TERNAL SAMPLING POINT.  OUTFALL 201 IS THE DISCHARGE FROM    THE FACILITY'S INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.           FROM 1/79 TO 5/85 THERE HAVE BEEN 273 VIOLATIONS OF THE   FACILITY'S NPDES PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS.  52% OF THESE  VIOLATIONS EXCEED THE SIGNIFICANT NON-COMPLIANCE (SNC) CRI-  TERIA.  THE PARAMETERS W/HIGHEST FREQUENCIES OF SNC VIOLA-   TIONS ARE BOD5, TOTAL SUSPENED SOLIDS (TSS), OIL & GREASE,   SULFIDE AND PHENOLICS.  OTHER PARAMETERS THAT HAVE BEEN VIO- LATED INCLUDE CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, AMONIA AS NITROGEN, PH AND NON DISSOLVED IRON.  THERE HAVE BEEN 46 INSTANCES OF NON REPORTING OF THE DISSOLVED IRON PARAMETER.                     THE PROPOSED REMEDY SHOULD REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WITH ITS     PERMIT.  THE ABATEMENT PROGRAM WHICH BP SHOULD BE REQUIRED   TO UNDERTAKE SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWI

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