ACTION AGAINST CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., FOR ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE CAA AT CHEVRON'S FACILITY IN PASCAGOULA, MS. TIS FACILITY IS PART OF THE NATIONAL PETROLEUM REFINERY INITIATIVE. CHEVRON IS THE 9TH NATIONAL SETTLEMENT REACHED AS PART OF EPA'S CAA PETROLEUM REFINERY INITIATIVE. THE SETTLEMENT ALSO INCLUDES CHEVRON REFINERIES LOCATED IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA; EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA; AND SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH; AND KAPOLEI, HAWAII. THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN MISSISSIPPI IS ONE OF THE PLAINTIFF-INTERVENORS IN THIS CASE.
THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE CAA ARE THE PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION (PSD) REQUIREMENTS AT PART C OF SUBCHAPTER 1 OF THE CAA AND THE MISSISSIPPI STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND RULES SETTING FORTH THE PSD REGULATIONS. NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ARE FOUND UNDER SECTION 111 OF THE CAA AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER 40 CFR PART 60, SUBPARTS A AND J, SPECIFICALLY APPLICABLE TO PETROLEUM REFINERIES. PURSUANT TO SECTION 112 OF THE CAA , EPA HAS PROMULGATED NESHAPSs INCLUDING REGULATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT LEAKS (FUGITIVE EMISSION SOURCES) SET FORTH AT 40 CFR PART 60, SUBPART J; PART 63, SUBPARTS H AND CC; AND PART 60 SUBPARTS VV, GGG, AND QQQ. IN ACCORDANCE WITH CAA SECTION 112(d), EPA HAS PROMULGATED REGULATIONS AT 40 CFR PART 61, SUBPART FF, THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO BENZENE-CONTAINING WASTE WATERS. ALL OF THESE PROVISIONS ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS REFERRAL.
BACKGROUND: CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC. IS THE SECOND LARGEST ENE