EPA v. CHEVRON PRODUCTS CO. - CHEVRON PASCAGOULA REFINERY

Case summary

9/27/06 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: ON FEBRUARY 9, 2006, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROXIMATELY ONE BARREL OF OIL, FROM THE FACILITY INTO THE BAYOU CASOTTE, WHICH IS A TRIBUTARY OF THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND AND GULF OF MEXICO. RESPONDENT'S ABOVE ITEMIZED DISCHARGES OF OIL FROM THE FACILITY CAUSED A FILM OR SHEEN UPON, OR DISCOLORATION OF, THE SURFACE OF THE BAYOU CASOTTE, AND, THEREFORE, WERE IN QUANTITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. SECTION 110.3. RESPONDENT'S ABOVE ITEMIZED DISCHARGES OF OIL FROM THE FACILITY INTO THE BAYOU CASOTTE WERE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 311(b)(3) OF THE ACT.

Defendants (1)

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS CO. - CCHEVRON PASCAGOULA REFINERNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (6)

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY PASCAGOULA REFINERY

  250 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PASCAGOULA, MS, 395813201

  Registry ID: 110000377477

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY PASCAGOULA REFINERY

  250 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PASCAGOULA, MS, 395813201

  Registry ID: 110000377477

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY PASCAGOULA REFINERY

  250 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PASCAGOULA, MS, 395813201

  Registry ID: 110000377477

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY PASCAGOULA REFINERY

  250 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PASCAGOULA, MS, 395813201

  Registry ID: 110000377477

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY PASCAGOULA REFINERY

  250 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PASCAGOULA, MS, 395813201

  Registry ID: 110000377477

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY PASCAGOULA REFINERY

  250 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PASCAGOULA, MS, 395813201

  Registry ID: 110000377477

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS CO. - CHEVRON PASCAGOULA REFINERYentered 2006-09-27

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $5,000

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2006-09-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2006-09-27Final Order Issued
• 2006-09-27Enforcement Action Data Entered