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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR IN0000001817900033

VALERO RENEWABLE FUELS COMPANY LLC DBA VALERO BLUFFTON PLANT, Bluffton, IN: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

VALERO RENEWABLE FUELS COMPANY LLC DBA VALERO BLUFFTON PLANT, at 1441 SOUTH ADAMS STREET, Bluffton in Wells County, Indiana, 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 “No Violation Identified”. 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 filedVALERO RENEWABLE FUELS COMPANY LLC DBA VALERO BLUFFTON PLANT
ICIS-AIR IDIN0000001817900033
EPA facility registry ID110058503132
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address1441 SOUTH ADAMS STREET, Bluffton, IN 46714-9793
CountyWells County
In a nonattainment countyNo (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Chemical manufacturing (NAICS 3251)
SIC code2869
EPA region05

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 VALERO RENEWABLE FUELS COMPANY LLC DBA VALERO BLUFFTON PLANT 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
September 5, 2024FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 9, 2022FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
September 25, 2020FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
July 20, 2018FCE On-SiteStateTitle 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.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
July 30, 2023Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
June 30, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateNew Source Performance Standards
July 10, 2020Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
April 30, 2019Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
July 20, 2018Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits

Enforcement and penalties

2 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 2 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
May 29, 2025Administrative OrderState$20,475
May 18, 2022Administrative OrderState$500

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 21, 2025Notice of ViolationState
April 12, 2022Notice of ViolationState

Stack tests

The newest 50 of 70.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 16, 2026PassState
April 16, 2026PassState
January 29, 2026PassState
January 29, 2026PassState
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January 28, 2026PassState
January 28, 2026PassState
November 4, 2025PassState
November 4, 2025PassState
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November 4, 2025PassState
September 25, 2025PassState
September 25, 2025PassState
September 25, 2025PassState
September 25, 2025PassState
September 24, 2025PassState
September 24, 2025PassState
September 24, 2025PassState
September 24, 2025PassState
September 23, 2025PassState
September 23, 2025PassState
September 23, 2025PassState
September 23, 2025PassState
December 18, 2024PassState
December 18, 2024PassState
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December 18, 2024PassState
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December 18, 2024PassState
May 11, 2021PassState
May 11, 2021PassState
February 4, 2021PassState
February 4, 2021PassState
February 4, 2021PassState
February 4, 2021PassState
February 4, 2021PassState
February 3, 2021PassState
February 3, 2021PassState
November 12, 2020PassState
November 12, 2020PassState
November 12, 2020PassState
November 6, 2020PassState
November 6, 2020PassState

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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