EPA v. FINA OIL & CHEMICAL - BIG SPRING
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Compliance action
$100,500
Case summary
1. SECTION 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ). 2. FINA OIL & CHEMICAL CO. - BIG SPRING BIG SPRING REFINERY REFINERY ROAD I-20E BIG SPRING, HOWARD COUNTY, TEXAS 79721-1311 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY EXCEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMITS OF ITS PERMIT REPEATEDLY DURING THE MONITORING PERIOD. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE CWA, EPA IS- SUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RESPONDENT TO COMPLY WITH THE EFFLUENT LIMITS OF ITS PERMIT.
Defendants (1)
- FINA OIL & CHEMICAL CO. - BIG SPRINGNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
FINA OIL & CHEMICAL
I-H 20 E. AT REFINERY RD., BIG SPRING, TX, 79720
Registry ID: 110013314323
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
FINA OIL & CHEM-BIG SPRentered 1996-02-15
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1996-02-15Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1996-02-15Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1996-02-15Final Order Issued
- 1998-12-21Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 36569
- Case number
- 06-1996-0271
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- 6EN-L
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1996-0271 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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