Conoco, Inc. Refinery Civil Judicial Settlement

The settlement announced on December 20, 2001 commits four refineries owned by Conoco Inc. ("Conoco") to an ambitious program to assure compliance with major provisions of the Clean Air Act. The Companies expect to spend more than $110 million over eight years to reduce emissions by nearly 8,000 tons per year. This is the fifth settlement in a federal compliance strategy for achieving cooperative across-the-board compliance with U.S. refining companies. Last year the federal government reached similar and record settlements with BP and Koch Petroleum Group, Marathon Ashland Petroleum, Motiva, Equilon and Shell Deer Park. When combined with the Navajo settlement announced December 18th, 2001, over 30 percent of total U.S. refining capacity will be covered by consent decree.

The proposed consent decree is subject to a 30-day public comment period.

Press Release

Press Fact Sheet (PDF) (5 pp, 22K, About pdf)

Complaint (PDF) (22 pp, 41K, About pdf)

Consent Decree (PDF) (22 pp, 258K, About pdf)

1st Amendment to Conoco Consent Decree (PDF) ( 43 pp, 3 M, About pdf)

2nd Amendment to Conoco Consent Decree (PDF) (39 pp, 1 M, About pdf)

Enforcement Priorities

For additional information, contact:

Patrick W. Foley
Senior Environmental Engineer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2242A)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20460-0001
(202) 564-7978
foley.patrick@epa.gov

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Conoco, Inc. Refinery Civil Judicial Settlement

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