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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR TX0000004816700001

BLANCHARD REFINING GALVESTON BAY REFINERY, Texas City, TX: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

BLANCHARD REFINING GALVESTON BAY REFINERY, at 2401 5TH AVE S, Texas City in Galveston County, Texas, 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 “Unaddressed-State”. Galveston 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 filedBLANCHARD REFINING GALVESTON BAY REFINERY
ICIS-AIR IDTX0000004816700001
EPA facility registry ID110059763536
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)Unaddressed-State
Address2401 5TH AVE S, Texas City, TX 77590
CountyGalveston County
In a nonattainment countyYes (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Oil and gas extraction (NAICS 2111)
EPA region06

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 BLANCHARD REFINING GALVESTON BAY REFINERY 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
May 26, 2026FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
May 4, 2023PCE On-Site Monitoring/SamplingU.S. EPAMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
December 1, 2021PCE Off-SiteU.S. EPAMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
August 27, 2021FCE Off-SiteStateTitle V Permits
August 26, 2021FCE Off-SiteStateTitle V Permits
December 7, 2020PCE Off-SiteU.S. EPAMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)
August 28, 2020FCE Off-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
August 3, 2026Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
May 26, 2026Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
January 27, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
December 12, 2019Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
March 15, 2019Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
October 19, 2018HPV day-zero determinationStateTitle V Permits
August 29, 2018Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
June 27, 2018Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
March 26, 2018Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits

Enforcement and penalties

17 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
April 17, 2023Administrative OrderState$14,250
August 17, 2021CAA 113A Admin Compliance Order (Non-Penalty)U.S. EPA$0
November 10, 2020Administrative OrderState$13,125
October 27, 2020Administrative OrderState$13,125
August 27, 2020Administrative OrderState$14,250
July 20, 2020Administrative OrderState$0
July 20, 2020Administrative OrderState$39,375
July 20, 2020Administrative OrderState$13,125
April 2, 2020Administrative OrderState$125,563
December 18, 2019Administrative OrderState$26,252
August 5, 2019Administrative OrderState$14,250
July 1, 2019Administrative OrderState$0
May 23, 2019Administrative OrderState$57,000
September 26, 2018CAA 113A Admin Compliance Order (Non-Penalty)U.S. EPA$0
June 20, 2017Administrative OrderState$7,500
May 16, 2017CAA 113D1 Action For PenaltyU.S. EPA$80,000
February 7, 2017Administrative OrderState$13,125

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 31, 2026Notice of ViolationState
August 31, 2026Notice of ViolationState
June 11, 2018Notice of ViolationState
May 3, 2018Notice of ViolationState
September 29, 2017Notice of ViolationState

Stack tests

The newest 50 of 88.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 8, 2021PassState
July 8, 2021PassState
July 8, 2021PassState
June 16, 2021PassState
May 28, 2021PassState
April 30, 2021PassState
April 30, 2021PassState
April 30, 2021PassState
March 31, 2021PassState
March 31, 2021PassState
March 31, 2021PassState
January 8, 2021PassState
December 11, 2020PassState
December 11, 2020PassState
December 11, 2020PassState
November 30, 2020PassState
November 19, 2020PassState
November 17, 2020PassState
October 27, 2020PassState
October 27, 2020PassState
October 27, 2020PassState
October 27, 2020PassState
October 27, 2020PassState
October 21, 2020PassState
October 21, 2020PassState
October 19, 2020PassState
October 19, 2020PassState
October 19, 2020PassState
September 9, 2020PassState
September 9, 2020PassState
September 9, 2020PassState
September 9, 2020PassState
August 27, 2020PassState
August 27, 2020PassState
August 18, 2020PassState
August 4, 2020PassState
August 4, 2020PassState
August 4, 2020PassState
August 4, 2020PassState
August 4, 2020PassState
June 23, 2020PassState
June 23, 2020PassState
January 16, 2020PassState
January 16, 2020PassState
January 16, 2020PassState
January 16, 2020PassState
January 16, 2020PassState
January 16, 2020PassState
November 15, 2019PassState
July 18, 2019PassState

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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