St. Bernard Citizens for Envtl. Quality v. Chalmette Ref., Ltd. Liab. Co.
ELR Citation: ELR 20213 No(s). 04-0398 (E.D. La. Oct 14, 2005)
A court holds that a refinery is liable under the Clean Air Act for violating benzene and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions limits set forth in its permits and for violating new source performance standards (NSPS) that apply to its flares. Citizen groups demonstrated that the refinery's benzene emissio...