EPA v. SINCLAIR WYOMING REFINING COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality announced that Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company (Sinclair) will pay $1.6 million in penalties and install additional pollution controls to resolve violations of air emissions limits and monitoring requirements at its refinery in Sinclair, Wyoming. The settlement follows actions by Sinclair to install approximately $20 million in pollution controls at the refinery and requires the company to take additional measures to reduce harmful emissions of sulfur dioxide.
Defendants (1)
- SINCLAIR WYOMING REFINING COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
HF SINCLAIR PARCO REFINING LLC
100 EAST LINCOLN HIGHWAY, SINCLAIR, WY, 82334
Registry ID: 110000468093
HF SINCLAIR PARCO REFINING LLC
100 EAST LINCOLN HIGHWAY, SINCLAIR, WY, 82334
Registry ID: 110000468093
Statutes cited
- CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
SINCLAIR WYOMING REFINING COMPANYentered 2019-08-19
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $800,000 · State/local: $800,000
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 2015-09-25Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 2015-10-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2019-06-30Final Order Lodged
- 2019-06-30Complaint Filed With Court
- 2019-08-19Enforcement Action Closed
- 2019-08-19Air Resolved
- 2019-08-19Final Order Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600401388
- Case number
- 08-2015-0135
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 08
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- New Source Performance Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-2015-0135 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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