TCEQ APPROVES FINES TOTALING $1,001,983 
Diamond Shamrock fined $245,227 and Lubrizol Corp. fined $143,460

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality today approved penalties totaling 
$1,001,983 against 83 regulated entities for violations of state environmental regulations. 
Agreed orders were issued for the following enforcement categories: three agricultural, 16 air quality, three Edwards Aquifer, one industrial hazardous waste, one industrial waste discharge, three licensed irrigator, three multi-media, one municipal solid waste, eight municipal waste discharge, 23 petroleum storage tank, four public water system, and one public water system operator without certification. 

Penalties were also assessed in two petroleum storage tank cases following hearings at the State Office of Administrative Hearings. There were 12 field citations. In addition, default orders were issued for two licensed irrigator cases. 

Included in the total are penalties of $245,227 against Diamond Shamrock in Moore County for 17 air violations as a result of routine investigations conducted in February, April, and June of 2009. Of the total fines, $122,613 will be used to replace or retrofit school buses in the Amarillo and Lubbock regions. 

Also included are penalties of $143,460 against The Lubrizol Corporation in Harris County for four air violations as a result of routine investigations conducted in August, 2009. Of the total fines, $71,730 will be used to supplement air monitoring operations in the Houston area. 

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