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Company: Lima Refining Company
Current Parent Company: Cenovus Energy
Penalty: $169,000,000
Year: 2024
Date: September 27, 2024
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: air pollution violation
Mega-Scandal: Power Plant Emissions
Violation Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced a settlement with the Lima Refining Company (LRC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian-based Cenovus Energy, to address violations of the Clean Air Act at its refinery in Lima, Ohio. Under the settlement, LRC must pay a civil penalty of $19 million and implement an estimated $150 million in capital investments, including control technology expected to reduce emissions of benzene by an estimated 4.34 tons per year, other hazardous air pollutants (HAP) by 16.26 tons per year and other volatile organic compound emissions (VOC) by 219 tons per year.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Ohio
Facility City: Lima
HQ Country of Current Parent: Canada
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil & gas
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.