Document 1034nbMEz8Jgo274QeXOdzjXq
July 22, 2025
Connie Howard Environmental Engineering Advisor TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refinery USA 7600 32nd Street Port Arthur, Texas 77642 Connie.howard@totalenergies.com
Re: United States of America et. al. v. TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refinery USA, Case No. 07CV00248-MAC entered July 12, 2007: December 2024 - September 2024 Hydrocarbon and Tail Gas Flaring Incidents at the Port Arthur Refinery located in Port Arthur, Texas
Dear Ms. Howard:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received multiple reports regarding hydrocarbon flaring (HCF) and tail gas (TG) incidents that occurred from December 30, 2023 through September 17, 2024 at the Port Arthur Refinery located in Port Arthur, Texas for TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refinery USA ("Total"). EPA has reviewed the reports and has assessed total stipulated penalties of $34,930.00 for the fifteen (15) incidents referenced in the enclosure to be paid to the United States within sixty (60) days of receipt of this demand, in accordance with Paragraph 149 of the Consent Decree (CD). The Enclosure includes a consolidated summary of the flaring incident reports with reference to each applicable CD paragraph, as well as the stipulated penalty assessed for each reported incident.
To expedite the processing of the payment of stipulated penalties, please clearly identify the incident date and amount of the penalty both on the check, if paying by check, and in the letter accompanying payment by check or wire transfer. If Total wishes to pay stipulated penalties for multiple incidents with one check or wire transfer, please identify each incident date and the penalty amount within the letter. Please also email a copy of the letter accompanying the payment to the EPA Region 6 air consent decree coordinator, Diana Lundelius, at R6CAACDDeliverables@epa.gov.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Prince Nfodzo at (214) 665-7491.
Sincerely,
Digitally signed by CHERYL SEAGER Date: 2025.07.22 10:36:27 -05'00'
Cheryl T. Seager Director Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance Division
ENCLOSURES 1. Attachment A ec: Stella Pulman, Asst. General Counsel, TotalEnergies, stella.pulman@totalenergies.com Hugh Campbell, Snr. Manager, HSSE, TotalEnergies, hugh.campbell@totalenergies.com Thomas Carroll, Asst. EES Section Chief, U.S. DOJ, thomas.carroll@usdoj.gov Heidi Hoffman, Trial Attorney, EES, U.S. DOJ, heidi.hoffman@usdoj.gov Mary E. Greene Dir., Air Enforcement Div., U.S. EPA OECA, greene.mary.e@epa.gov DOJ Finance c/o Joe Davis, eescasemanagement.enrd@usdoj.gov EPA Cincinnati c/o Jessica Chalifoux, cinwd_acctsreceivable@epa.gov Diana Lundelius, U.S. EPA, Region 6, R6CAACDDeliverables@epa.gov Teresa Dykes, U.S. EPA OECA, dykes.teresa@epa.gov Jody Mack, Matrix New World Engineering, Inc. jmack@matrixneworld.com
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