By OGJ Editors
WASHINGTON, DC, Apr. 1 -- The US Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, and the state of Illinois announced Apr. 1 a settlement requiring Premcor Refining Group Inc. to pay $6.25 million in environmental fines.
Premcor Refining, formerly known as Clark Refining & Marketing Inc., will pay the penalty to resolve claims that its 80,000 b/d Blue Island, Ill., refinery violated five federal statutes, federal authorities said.
Justice department officials said that Premcor violated the Clean Water Act; Clean Air Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; and Emergency Planning, Community Right-To-Know Act and Illinois state environmental laws and regulations.
Premcor closed the refinery in January 2001; it had been in operation under various owners since the 1920s.
A consent decree was filed in US District Court in Chicago and is subject to a 30-day public comment period and court approval.
