[ADEQ Media] Fuel Processing Operators to Pay $10, 000 for Air Quality Violations in Maricopa County

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Fuel Processing Operators to Pay $10,000 for Air Quality Violations in
Maricopa County

PHOENIX (May 8, 2009) - Fuel Processing Operators, LLC will pay $10,000
under a Civil Consent Judgment with Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality (ADEQ) for air quality violations at its facility in El Mirage,
ADEQ Acting Director Patrick Cunningham announced today.

The Maricopa County company refines mixed petroleum byproducts that
occur during pipeline delivery, or "transmix," into usable products such
as gasoline and diesel fuel. In August 2007, ADEQ inspectors discovered
that the company was operating without an air quality control permit.
The company's permit had expired in June 2007.

ADEQ had earlier issued a Notice of Violation to the company for failing
to renew the permit. Under the Consent Judgment, the company will
operate under the Consent Judgment using the terms and conditions of the
expired permit, which will be enforced by ADEQ. According to ADEQ's
inspection, the facility has been in compliance with the expired permit.
The company has now applied for a new permit.

"Fuel Processing Operators' failure to renew its air quality control
permit is a fundamental violation in our system of voluntary compliance,
and a major concern to ADEQ and the local community," ADEQ Acting
Director Patrick Cunningham said. "The penalty shows that the most basic
requirement in Arizona environmental law, renewing a permit before
continuing to release air contaminants, must be followed." 

The Consent Judgment is subject to court approval.

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contact the Office of Communications at (602) 771-2215 or via email at
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