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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR CASJV00006029S1548

AERA ENERGY, Bakersfield, CA: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

AERA ENERGY, at LIGHT OIL WESTERN, 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

Facility as filedAERA ENERGY
ICIS-AIR IDCASJV00006029S1548
EPA facility registry ID110043799752
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)Addressed-Local
AddressLIGHT OIL WESTERN, Bakersfield, CA 93389
CountyKern County
In a nonattainment countyYes (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Oil and gas extraction (NAICS 2111)
SIC code1311
EPA region09
Local air agencySan Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (Grantee)

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 AERA 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

The newest 50 of 152.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
April 14, 2026PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 14, 2026PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 2, 2026PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 2, 2026PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 1, 2026PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 1, 2026PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 26, 2026PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 26, 2026PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 10, 2026PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 10, 2026PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 10, 2026FCE On-SiteLocalTitle V Permits
July 30, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
July 30, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 22, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 22, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 17, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 17, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 9, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
April 9, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 25, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 25, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 11, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 11, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
February 11, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
February 11, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
February 11, 2025FCE On-SiteLocalTitle V Permits
December 5, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
December 5, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
August 27, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
August 27, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
July 24, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
July 24, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
June 26, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
June 26, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
May 8, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
May 8, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
May 7, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
May 7, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 7, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 7, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 1, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 1, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
February 27, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
February 27, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
February 26, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
February 26, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
January 17, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
January 17, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
January 17, 2024FCE On-SiteLocalTitle V Permits
December 18, 2023PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits

Violations

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.

The newest 50 of 57.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
May 14, 2024HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
May 6, 2024HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
January 17, 2024HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
September 3, 2023HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
August 15, 2023HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
July 12, 2023HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
March 7, 2023HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
March 1, 2023HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
September 1, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
May 23, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
May 23, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
May 23, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
May 23, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
April 26, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
April 26, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
April 26, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
April 26, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
April 6, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
April 5, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
March 3, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
March 2, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
March 2, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
February 16, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
February 16, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
December 21, 2021HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
December 13, 2021HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
December 13, 2021HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
October 1, 2021HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
March 24, 2021HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
November 17, 2020HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
October 21, 2020HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
July 15, 2020HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
April 16, 2020HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
March 2, 2020HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
January 30, 2020HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
August 9, 2019HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
July 31, 2019HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
May 21, 2019HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
May 21, 2019HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
May 21, 2019HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
May 1, 2019HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
March 26, 2019HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
February 7, 2019HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
November 7, 2018HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
October 23, 2018HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
October 17, 2018HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
September 7, 2018HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
June 14, 2018HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
June 11, 2018HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
May 30, 2018HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits

Enforcement and penalties

102 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 99 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.

The newest 50 of 102.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
January 22, 2025Administrative OrderLocal$15,000
January 22, 2025Administrative OrderLocal$15,000
October 31, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$3,500
October 31, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$3,500
October 31, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$3,500
September 13, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$105,000
September 13, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$105,000
September 9, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$15,000
September 9, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$15,000
April 26, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$7,000
April 26, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$7,000
April 12, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$72,000
April 12, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$10,000
April 12, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$72,000
April 12, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$10,000
March 1, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$17,500
March 1, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$17,500
January 6, 2023Administrative OrderLocal$15,000
January 6, 2023Administrative OrderLocal$15,000
November 2, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$27,000
November 2, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$45,000
November 2, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$15,000
November 2, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$27,000
November 2, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$15,000
November 2, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$45,000
October 19, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$7,500
October 19, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$15,000
October 19, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$7,500
October 19, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$9,375
October 19, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$9,375
October 19, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$15,000
October 19, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$7,500
October 19, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$7,500
September 12, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$5,000
September 12, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$5,000
September 12, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$5,000
August 8, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$8,000
August 8, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$8,000
August 8, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$8,000
August 8, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$8,000
June 30, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$0
March 17, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$4,000
March 17, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$4,000
March 16, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$0
March 16, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$42,000
March 16, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$0
March 16, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$42,000
August 19, 2021Administrative OrderState$18,000
August 19, 2021Administrative OrderLocal$18,000
August 19, 2021Administrative OrderLocal$18,000

Informal enforcement

The newest 50 of 51.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 26, 2024Notice of ViolationLocal
July 8, 2024Notice of ViolationLocal
April 24, 2024Notice of ViolationLocal
September 21, 2023Notice of ViolationLocal
September 18, 2023Notice of ViolationLocal
July 25, 2023Notice of ViolationLocal
May 10, 2023Notice of ViolationLocal
May 9, 2023Notice of ViolationLocal
September 13, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
August 31, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
July 19, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
June 24, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
May 16, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
May 9, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
April 21, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
April 18, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
April 18, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
April 1, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
April 1, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
April 1, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
April 1, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
April 1, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
March 29, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
March 29, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
October 5, 2021Notice of ViolationLocal
October 1, 2021Notice of ViolationLocal
September 28, 2021Notice of ViolationLocal
April 12, 2021Notice of ViolationState
November 9, 2020Notice of ViolationLocal
November 2, 2020Notice of ViolationLocal
October 12, 2020Notice of ViolationLocal
October 7, 2020Notice of ViolationLocal
December 2, 2019Notice of ViolationLocal
October 14, 2019Notice of ViolationLocal
September 11, 2019Notice of ViolationLocal
July 31, 2019Notice of ViolationLocal
May 23, 2019Notice of ViolationLocal
May 1, 2019Notice of ViolationLocal
March 28, 2019Notice of ViolationLocal
February 8, 2019Notice of ViolationLocal
November 15, 2018Notice of ViolationLocal
October 30, 2018Notice of ViolationLocal
October 23, 2018Notice of ViolationLocal
July 10, 2018Notice of ViolationLocal
June 18, 2018Notice of ViolationLocal
June 4, 2018Notice of ViolationLocal
January 25, 2018Notice of ViolationLocal
December 5, 2017Notice of ViolationLocal
December 5, 2017Notice of ViolationLocal
September 27, 2017Notice of ViolationLocal

Stack tests

The newest 50 of 597.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 2, 2026PassLocal
April 2, 2026PassLocal
April 2, 2026PassLocal
April 2, 2026PassLocal
April 2, 2026PassLocal
April 2, 2026PassLocal
April 2, 2026PassLocal
September 18, 2025PassLocal
September 18, 2025PassLocal
September 18, 2025PassLocal
September 18, 2025PassLocal
September 18, 2025PassLocal
September 18, 2025PassLocal
September 18, 2025PassLocal
September 18, 2025PassLocal
September 18, 2025PassLocal
May 14, 2025PassLocal
May 14, 2025PassLocal
May 14, 2025PassLocal
May 14, 2025PassLocal
May 14, 2025PassLocal
May 14, 2025PassLocal
May 14, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
May 13, 2025PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal
October 16, 2024PassLocal

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.

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