Giant Petroleum Refinery Settlement

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) announced on August 4, 2005 a settlement agreement regarding alleged violations at two Giant Industries facilities in northwestern New Mexico: the Bloomfield Refinery in Bloomfield and the Ciniza Refinery near Gallup. Giant will pay a $250,000 penalty and spend $600,000 on four approved supplemental environmental projects expected to reduce harmful air emissions by almost 3,000 tons per year.

Press Release (8/04/05)
Fact Sheet
EPA Consent Agreement and Final Order (PDF) (15 MB, 26 pp, About pdf)
NMED Stipulated Final Order (PDF) (14 MB, 145 pp, About pdf)

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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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Giant Petroleum Refinery Settlement

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