EPA v. CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY

Case summary

5/8/2013 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $2,894 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION; AND $2,892 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATION. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: VIOLATION OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA: RESPONDENT WAS IN CHARGE OF THE FACILITY ON JUNE 8, 2012. RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. VIOLATION OF 304(a) OF EPCRA ON JUNE 8, 2012, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RELEASE WAS NOT LIMITED TO EXPOSURE TO PERSONS SOLELY WITHIN THE SITE ON WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (6)

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY PASCAGOULA REFINERY

  250 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PASCAGOULA, MS, 395813201

  Registry ID: 110000377477

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY PASCAGOULA REFINERY

  250 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PASCAGOULA, MS, 395813201

  Registry ID: 110000377477

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY PASCAGOULA REFINERY

  250 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PASCAGOULA, MS, 395813201

  Registry ID: 110000377477

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY PASCAGOULA REFINERY

  250 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PASCAGOULA, MS, 395813201

  Registry ID: 110000377477

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY PASCAGOULA REFINERY

  250 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PASCAGOULA, MS, 395813201

  Registry ID: 110000377477

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANY PASCAGOULA REFINERY

  250 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PASCAGOULA, MS, 395813201

  Registry ID: 110000377477

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 304 — Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program
• CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CHEVRON PRODUCTS COMPANYentered 2013-05-08

  Primary law: CERCLA

  Federal penalty: $5,785

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2013-05-08Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2013-05-08Final Order Issued
• 2013-05-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2013-06-13Enforcement Action Closed