EPA v. MD PORT ADMIN - COX CREEK DREDGE MATERIAL CONTAINMENT

Case summary

EPA ISSUED A NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ( NOD ) PURSUANT TO ITS POLICY ON INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATIONS ( AUDIT POLICY ), 65 FED. REG. 19618 (APRIL 11, 2000) AND THE SELF AUDIT/SELF DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION AND THE UNITED STATES EVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION III (SEPTEMBER 15, 2008). THE NOD IS BASED ON SELF-DISCLOSURES PROVIDED BY THE MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION COV CREED DREDGED MATERIAL CONTAINMENT FACILITY LOCATED AT 1000 KEMBO ROAD, BALTIMORE, MD. THE FACILITY PROVIDED INFORMATION CONCERNING POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT. EPA DID NOT ASSESS A PENALTY BECAUSE THE FACILITY MET ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE AUDIT POLICY AND THE AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC BENEFIT GAINED WAS INSIGNIFICANT.

Defendants (1)

• MD PORT ADMIN - COX CREEK DREDGE MATERIAL CONTAINMNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• COX CREEK REFINING COMPANY

  1000 KEMBO RD, BALTIMORE, MD, 21226

  Registry ID: 110011745629

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MD PORT ADMIN - COX CREEK DREDGE MATERIAL CONTAINMENTentered 2012-08-08

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2012-08-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2012-08-08Enforcement Action Closed
• 2012-08-08Final Order Issued