Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR LA0000002200500010

SHELL CHEMICAL LP - GEISMAR PLANT, Geismar, LA: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

OperatingOperating status
Major sourceEmissions classification
No Violation IdentifiedCurrent violation status, as filed
4Compliance evaluations since January 1, 2017
0High-priority violations since January 1, 2017
5Formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017

SHELL CHEMICAL LP - GEISMAR PLANT, at 7594 HWY 75, Geismar in Ascension County, Louisiana, 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”. Ascension 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 filed	SHELL CHEMICAL LP - GEISMAR PLANT
ICIS-AIR ID	LA0000002200500010
EPA facility registry ID	110000743394
Operating status	Operating
Emissions classification	Major source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)	No Violation Identified
Address	7594 HWY 75, Geismar, LA 70734
County	Ascension County
In a nonattainment county	Yes (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)	Chemical manufacturing (NAICS 3251)
SIC code	2869
EPA region	06

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 SHELL CHEMICAL LP - GEISMAR 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

4Evaluations since January 1, 2017
3Full compliance evaluations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency	Programs
June 18, 2024	FCE On-Site	State	MACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State or Local rule or regulation that is not federally-enforceable; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 16, 2020	FCE On-Site	State	MACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (40 CFR Part 61); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
September 30, 2019	PCE Off-Site	U.S. EPA	State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
June 20, 2018	FCE On-Site	State	MACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); New Source Performance Standards; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits

Violations

0Violation determinations since January 1, 2017
0Of them high-priority

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.

EPA’s violation history file holds no violation for ICIS-AIR LA0000002200500010 since January 1, 2017.

Enforcement and penalties

5 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.

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency	Penalty, as filed
April 21, 2025	Administrative Order	State	$20,850
March 25, 2021	Administrative Order	State	$23,500
March 11, 2021	Administrative Order	State	$0
September 9, 2020	CAA 113A Admin Compliance Order (Non-Penalty)	U.S. EPA	$0
February 21, 2017	Administrative Order	State	$0

Informal enforcement

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
October 24, 2025	Notice of Violation	State
December 12, 2022	Warning Letter	State
February 19, 2020	Warning Letter	State
December 16, 2019	Notice of Violation	U.S. EPA

Stack tests

12Stack tests since January 1, 2017
0Recorded as failed

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
October 19, 2021	Pass	State
August 10, 2021	Pass	State
November 21, 2019	Pass	State
May 8, 2019	Pass	State
April 3, 2019	Pass	State
April 2, 2019	Pass	State
February 5, 2019	Pass	State
October 16, 2018	Pass	State
May 4, 2018	Pass	State
October 19, 2017	Pass	State
July 19, 2017	Pass	State
July 19, 2017	Pass	State

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.

This page covers the Clean Air Act compliance record for SHELL CHEMICAL LP - GEISMAR PLANT, at 7594 HWY 75, Geismar in Ascension County, Louisiana, on EPA's ICIS-AIR register. The page lists 4 Compliance evaluations since January 1, 2017, 0 High-priority violations since January 1, 2017, and 5 Formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017. It records the current violation status as No Violation Identified and the classification as Major source.