Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR CASJV00006029S0040

CENTRAL RESOURCES(FORMERLY MERIT ENERGY), Bakersfield, CA: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

• OperatingOperating status
• Major sourceEmissions classification
• Addressed-LocalCurrent violation status, as filed
• 31Compliance evaluations since January 1, 2017
• 9High-priority violations since January 1, 2017
• 15Formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017

CENTRAL RESOURCES(FORMERLY MERIT ENERGY), at S3 T31S R25E SO COLES LEVEE, Bakersfield in Kern County, California, is an operating major source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “Addressed-Local”. Kern County is on EPA’s Green Book list of areas that do not meet a national air quality standard. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs CENTRAL RESOURCES(FORMERLY MERIT ENERGY) is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

• 31Evaluations since January 1, 2017
• 9Full compliance evaluations

Violations

• 9Violation determinations since January 1, 2017
• 9Of them high-priority

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

Enforcement and penalties

15 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 12 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

Informal enforcement

Stack tests

• 72Stack tests since January 1, 2017
• 8Recorded as failed

The newest 50 of 72.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

EPA publishes a free Detailed Facility Report for every source on ECHO: its compliance status quarter by quarter, its evaluations, and its violations, enforcement actions and penalties. EPA also sends free notices of new inspections and enforcement actions through ECHO Notify; enter EPA facility registry ID 110000718572 there.

Nearby on the register

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• Air-emissions sources in California
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-AIR download, loaded September 14, 2026.