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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR IA0000001910900105

VALERO RENEWABLE FUELS COMPANY. LLC D/B/A VALERO LAKOTA PLANT, Lakota, IA: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

VALERO RENEWABLE FUELS COMPANY. LLC D/B/A VALERO LAKOTA PLANT, at 1660 428TH ST, Lakota in Kossuth County, Iowa, 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 “Violation w/in 1 Year”. 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 D/B/A VALERO LAKOTA PLANT
ICIS-AIR IDIA0000001910900105
EPA facility registry ID110006529729
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)Violation w/in 1 Year
Address1660 428TH ST, Lakota, IA 50451
CountyKossuth County
In a nonattainment countyNo (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Chemical manufacturing (NAICS 3251)
SIC code2869
EPA region07

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 D/B/A VALERO LAKOTA 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
August 13, 2025FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
November 2, 2023FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
January 27, 2022FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
November 1, 2019FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 21, 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
October 6, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 15, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
June 25, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
March 3, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
February 19, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateNew Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
October 8, 2024Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
February 12, 2024Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
September 28, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 27, 2018Earliest FRV determinationStateNational Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (40 CFR Part 61); State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
February 1, 2018Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
November 3, 2017Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
March 29, 2017Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement and penalties

1 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 1 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
February 27, 2026Administrative OrderState$10,000

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 6, 2025Notice of ViolationState
September 15, 2025Notice of ViolationState
June 25, 2025Notice of ViolationState
March 3, 2025Notice of ViolationState
February 19, 2025Notice of ViolationState
October 8, 2024Notice of ViolationState
February 12, 2024Notice of ViolationState
September 28, 2021Notice of ViolationState
August 27, 2018Notice of ViolationState
February 1, 2018Notice of ViolationState
November 3, 2017Notice of ViolationState
March 29, 2017Notice of ViolationState

Stack tests

The newest 50 of 55.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
December 12, 2025PassState
December 12, 2025PassState
August 8, 2025PassState
July 10, 2025PassState
July 10, 2025PassState
July 9, 2025PassState
July 9, 2025PassState
July 8, 2025FailState
May 16, 2025PassState
May 16, 2025PassState
April 24, 2025PassState
April 24, 2025PassState
April 22, 2025FailState
April 22, 2025FailState
December 5, 2024PassState
December 5, 2024PassState
December 3, 2024PassState
December 3, 2024PassState
August 28, 2024PassState
July 23, 2024FailState
July 23, 2024FailState
March 12, 2024PassState
December 20, 2023PassState
December 13, 2023PassState
December 13, 2023PassState
December 13, 2023FailState
December 13, 2023FailState
June 15, 2023PassState
June 15, 2023PassState
June 13, 2023PassState
August 18, 2022PassState
August 17, 2022PassState
August 17, 2022PassState
August 25, 2021PassState
June 10, 2021PassState
June 8, 2021PassState
June 8, 2021PassState
February 3, 2021PassState
December 15, 2020PassState
February 27, 2020PassState
August 21, 2019PassState
August 21, 2018PassState
August 21, 2018PendingState
June 7, 2018PassState
June 7, 2018PendingState
June 6, 2018PendingState
June 5, 2018PassState
January 30, 2018PassState
November 2, 2017PassState
November 1, 2017FailState

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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What this page shows

This page of the Velarion Records public-records register covers the Clean Air Act compliance record for VALERO RENEWABLE FUELS COMPANY. LLC D/B/A VALERO LAKOTA PLANT in Lakota, IA, an operating major source on EPA's ICIS-AIR register. It lists 5 compliance evaluations, 0 High-priority violations, and 1 Formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, with the current violation status filed as Violation w/in 1 Year.