EPA v. UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES

Case summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOS- URE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION . 2. UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES EAST TEXAS GAS PLANT CARTHAGE, TEXAS 3. UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, THE RESPONDENT DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 310 OF THE CWA BY EXCEEDING THE EF- FLUENT LIMITS OF ITS PERMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL ISSUE AN FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER THE RESPOND- ENT WILL BE IMPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• UNION PACIFIC RESOURCESNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES

  E MI W OF CARTHAGE, CARTHAGE, TX, 75633

  Registry ID: 110010689424

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1997-02-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-02-19Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1997-04-16Final Order Issued
• 1997-04-16Enforcement Action Closed