| Enforcement Actions
Fines and penalties paid in a particular year often relate to activities in prior years. Fines and penalties paid in 2005 increased to $8, 112,749, primarily due to two penalties paid by the Marcus Hook Refinery and a third paid by Sunoco, Inc. (R&M). The first ($825,236) was for Pennsylvania Title V permit emission cap exceedances occurring in 2001 to 2004 at the Marcus Hook Refinery. A second penalty for $3,951,612 was a court ordered judgment stemming from a disagreement over Sunoco's compliance with the Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) regulations.
The third penalty involved the agreement Sunoco reached with the U. S. EPA concerning the February 2, 2000 pipeline spill in the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge near Philadelphia, PA. As a part of the settlement, Sunoco has agreed to pay a $2,742,000 fine.
| Compliance 2001-2005 |
| |
Year |
Number of Consent Decrees |
Number of Penalties |
Total Value
of Fines1 |
Exceedances Relative to Permits |
| Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) |
2002 |
- |
1 |
325,000 |
- |
| 2003 |
- |
1 |
50,000 |
- |
| Clean Air Act (CAA) |
2002 |
1 |
- |
450,000 |
472 |
| 2004 |
2 |
- |
514,590 |
657 |
| 2005 |
2 |
1 |
261,557 |
419 |
| Clean Water Act (CWA) |
2001 |
1 |
5 |
43,750 |
85 |
| 2002 |
- |
6 |
48,637 |
26 |
| 2003 |
- |
1 |
500 |
43 |
| 2005 |
- |
1 |
2,745,8802 |
- |
| CERCLA |
2005 |
- |
2 |
55,950 |
- |
| Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act(SARA TITLE III) |
2002 |
- |
2 |
29,252 |
- |
| Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) |
2001 |
- |
8 |
32,800 |
- |
| 2002 |
- |
4 |
67,000 |
- |
| 2003 |
- |
4 |
179,950 |
- |
| 2005 |
- |
1 |
2,250 |
- |
| State Fire Bureau's, etc. |
2002 |
- |
- |
950 |
- |
| 2004 |
- |
35 |
13,063 |
- |
| 2005 |
- |
28 |
18,061 |
- |
| Department of Transportation (DOT) |
2002 |
- |
2 |
17,000 |
- |
| 2004 |
- |
5 |
35,000 |
- |
| Mine Safety Health Act (MSHA) |
2001 |
- |
103 |
7,771 |
- |
| 2002 |
- |
147 |
10,546 |
- |
| 2003 |
- |
73 |
5,030 |
- |
| 2004 |
- |
161 |
13,185 |
- |
| 2005 |
- |
182 |
15,712 |
- |
| Divsion of Mine Land Reclamation (DMLR) |
2001 |
- |
1 |
195 |
- |
| 2002 |
- |
1 |
225 |
- |
| 2005 |
- |
3 |
517 |
- |
| Office of Surface Mining (OSM) |
|
|
|
|
|
| State Water/UST Regulations |
2001 |
- |
21 |
165,567 |
- |
| 2002 |
- |
14 |
52,205 |
- |
| 2003 |
3 |
11 |
12,370 |
- |
| 2004 |
- |
8 |
37,698 |
- |
| 2005 |
- |
10 |
5,245 |
- |
| State Air Regulations |
2001 |
- |
- |
257,250 |
- |
| 2002 |
1 |
17 |
819,825 |
- |
| 2003 |
1 |
- |
964,962 |
- |
| 2004 |
- |
20 |
24,979 |
- |
| 2005 |
- |
25 |
5,010,8723 |
- |
| State Hazardous/SolidWaste Regulations |
2001 |
- |
1 |
10,250 |
- |
| 2003 |
- |
2 |
609 |
- |
| 2004 |
- |
2 |
287 |
- |
| 2005 |
- |
7 |
1,950 |
- |
State Radiation
Source Regulations |
|
|
|
|
|
Compliance Footnotes (2005)
Note: Years not shown or no entries for an agency/regulation indicates no fines or penalties paid.
- Does not include unilateral Administrative Orders.
- Sunoco reached an agreement with the U.S. EPA concerning the February 2, 2000 pipeline spill in the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge near Philadelphia, PA. As a part of the Settlement, Sunoco has agreed to pay a $2,742,000 fine.
- Includes two penalties at the Marcus Hook Refinery. The first fine of $825,236 was for Pennsylvania Title V permit emission cap exceedances occurring in 2001 to 2004 at the Marcus Hook Refinery. A second penalty for $3,951,612 was a court ordered judgment stemming from a disagreement over Sunoco's compliance with the Reasonable Available Control Technology (RACT) regulations.
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