Kern Oil & Refining Company Case Settlement
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Kern Oil & Refining Company Case Settles for $75,000
Kern Oil & Refining Company is a petroleum refinery in California subject to the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulation (MRR). MRR requires facilities to maintain measurement devices to ensure accuracy within 5 percent, and specifically requires reporting entities to inspect pressure differential devices at least once every three years. Kern Oil failed to timely inspect a crucial pressure differential device utilized for measuring fuel gas used at the refinery. A later inspection revealed the device to be badly corroded and needing replacement. The device did not meet the MRR standards for accuracy. Kern Oil agreed to a $75,000 penalty for the violation and will submit an updated GHG monitoring plan to ARB to demonstrate better maintenance and calibration practices in future years
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