EPA v. Sunoco--Tulsa Refinery

Case summary

This case addresses violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) by Sunoco, Inc., a petroleum refiner and marketer out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On July 17, 2008 and in subsequent submittals, Sunoco informed EPA that it under-additized 7,856,280 gallons of gasoline produced by Sunoco and distributed from its Tulsa, Oklahoma refinery truck loading terminal from August 5, 2005, through June 18, 2008, and that it failed to comply with a number of the recordkeeping and product transfer document requirements of the detergent regulations at 40 C.F.R. sections 80.168. The detergent regulations require the use of EPA certified additives in all gasoline sold in the United States in order to control he1 injector and intake valve deposits in motor vehicle and non-motor vehicle engines; fuel dcposits adversely affcct both exhaust emissions and fuel economy. As part of the settlement with EPA, Sunoco has agreed to pay a $695,000 civil penalty.

Defendants (1)

• Sunoco, Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• TULSA REFINERY

  1700 SOUTH UNION, TULSA, OK, 74107

  Registry ID: 110000454981

Statutes cited

• CAA 211 — Regulation of Fuels - Motor Vehicle and Engine Fuels

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Sunoco--Tulsa Refineryentered 2011-09-27

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $695,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2011-09-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2011-09-27Final Order Issued
• 2011-10-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2011-10-12Enforcement Action Closed