EPA v. KOPPERS INDUSTRIES, INC.

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. KOPPERS INDUSTRIES, INC. HIGHWAY 5 NORTH LOGANSPORT, DE SOTO PARISH, LOUISIANA 71049 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSED AN EFFLUENT VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL, AFTER REVIEW OF THE DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, CORRECT- ION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATION BY THE RESPONDENT, ISSUE A FINAL DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THE DISCLOSURE MEETS THE CONDITIONS OF THE SELF-POLCING POLI- CY AND WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• KOPPERS INDUSTRIES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• KOPPERS IND INC

  HWY 5 N, LOGANSPORT, LA, 71049

  Registry ID: 110000746355

Statutes cited

• CWA 301A — Clean Water Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• KOPPERS INDUSTRIES, INC.entered 1998-03-31

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1997-06-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-07-18Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-03-31Enforcement Action Closed
• 1998-03-31Final Order Issued