Total Petrochemical USA Inc.

Port Arthur, TX: (Apr-30-07) The Department of Justice and the US Environmental Protection Agency filed charges against Total Petrochemical USA Inc., accusing the company of violating the Clean Air Act at its Port Arthur, Texas refinery. The company reached a settlement agreement with the DOJ and the EPA by agreeing to pay a $2.9 million penalty and upgrade pollution controls. Total Petrochemical will make changes to its facility, estimated to cost $37 million, which will significantly reduce the facility's emissions of air pollutants. Once fully completed, the measures Total Petrochemical will implement will reduce annual emissions of nitrogen oxides by more than 180 tons, sulfur dioxide by more than 800 tons, and carbon monoxide by more than 120 tons. The company has also agreed to upgrade leak detection and repair practices and implement programs to minimize the flaring of hazardous gases, which could cause serious respiratory problems and exacerbate asthma. Strategies to ensure the proper handling of benzene wastewater, a byproduct of processing operations at the refinery, will also be adopted. [PR NEWSWIRE: REFINERY EMISSIONS]

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Published on May-3-07