"Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP agreed to pay more than $120 million in fines and facility upgrades to resolve claims against its industrial flaring activities, according to a settlement announced Wednesday.
The Justice Department claimed the company failed to properly maintain its flaring operations at three Texas facilities, resulting in an influx of hazardous air pollution into surrounding areas.
Chevron Phillips’ facilities—located at or near Cedar Bayou, Port Arthur, and Sweeny— violated multiple Clean Air Act and Texas state air pollution requirements while burning off their waste gases, the federal government told the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The company will pay an estimated $118 million to reduce air pollution from flares at the plants, and a $3.4 million penalty, according to the settlement.
Chevron Phillips Chemical is an independent company, founded in 2000 as a joint venture between Chevron USA Inc. and Phillips 66 Co."
Jennifer Hijazi, Stephen Lee, and Maya Earls report for Bloomberg Environment March 9, 2022.
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