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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR CASJV00006029S1625

MATRIX OIL CORP., Bakersfield, CA: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

MATRIX OIL CORP., at LIGHT OIL CENTRAL, 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 filedMATRIX OIL CORP.
ICIS-AIR IDCASJV00006029S1625
EPA facility registry ID110040486300
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)Addressed-Local
AddressLIGHT OIL CENTRAL, Bakersfield, CA
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 MATRIX OIL CORP. 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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
June 23, 2026PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
June 23, 2026FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 11, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 11, 2025FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 10, 2025PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
May 21, 2024PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
May 21, 2024FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 23, 2023PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 17, 2023PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 10, 2023PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 10, 2023FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 23, 2022PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
July 13, 2022PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
July 13, 2022FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
July 13, 2022FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 14, 2021PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 9, 2021PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 9, 2021FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 9, 2021PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 9, 2021FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 4, 2020FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 12, 2019PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
July 12, 2019PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
July 9, 2019PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
July 8, 2019PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
July 8, 2019FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
July 8, 2019FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 23, 2018PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 21, 2018PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 21, 2018FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
July 31, 2017PCE On-Site Record/Report ReviewLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
July 31, 2017FCE On-SiteLocalState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

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.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
August 17, 2023HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
August 10, 2023HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
August 23, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
July 13, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
July 13, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
July 13, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
July 13, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
July 13, 2022HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
September 9, 2021HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
August 4, 2020HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
July 8, 2019HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits
August 21, 2018HPV day-zero determinationLocalTitle V Permits

Enforcement and penalties

16 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 13 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.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
January 28, 2025Administrative OrderLocal$0
March 13, 2024Administrative OrderLocal$0
December 14, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$4,000
December 14, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$4,000
November 7, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$8,000
November 7, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$8,000
October 17, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$1,000
October 17, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$1,000
October 17, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$1,000
April 5, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$8,000
April 5, 2022Administrative OrderLocal$8,000
August 18, 2021Administrative OrderState$0
December 3, 2020Administrative OrderLocal$9,000
December 3, 2020Administrative OrderLocal$9,000
October 16, 2018Administrative OrderLocal$6,000
October 16, 2018Administrative OrderLocal$6,000

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 18, 2023Notice of ViolationLocal
August 10, 2023Notice of ViolationLocal
August 23, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
July 25, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
July 22, 2022Notice of ViolationLocal
September 13, 2021Notice of ViolationLocal
September 24, 2020Notice of ViolationState
July 18, 2019Notice of ViolationLocal
August 22, 2018Notice of ViolationLocal

Stack tests

EPA’s stack test file holds no test at ICIS-AIR CASJV00006029S1625 since January 1, 2017.

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-AIR download, loaded September 14, 2026.