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Company: HollyFrontier El Dorado Refining LLC
Current Parent Company: HF Sinclair Corporation
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Penalty: $4,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: May 28, 2020
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Air Act and related
Violation Description: EPA and the state of Kansas announced a settlement with HollyFrontier El Dorado Refining LLC to address alleged Clean Air Act violations resulting from exceedances of emission limits and failure to comply with chemical accident prevention statutory and regulatory safety requirements at its El Dorado, Kansas refinery. Under the terms of the agreement, HollyFrontier agreed to pay a $4 million civil penalty and make improvements to the refinery that will greatly reduce harmful air emissions of sulfur dioxide and particulate matter; two pollutants which can cause serious respiratory problems, as well as improve its risk management practices.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Kansas
Facility City: El Dorado
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
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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