EPA v. UNION CARBIDE - TAFT PLANT

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 CARBIDE - TAFT PLANT, A CONNECTICUTT COMPANY HIGHWAY 3142 @ CORNER OF HIGHWAY 18 HAHNVILLE, SAINT CHARLES PARISH, LOUISIANA 70057 3. UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, RESPONDENT DISCLOSED VIO- LATIONS OF EPCRA 313. THE RESPONDENT DISCLOSED THE PRES- ENSE OF DICYCLOPENTADIENE, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN REPORTED TO EPA INITS TRI REPORTS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL ISSUE A FINAL DETERMINATION, AFTER REVIEW OF THE VOLUNTARY SELF-DISCLOSURE OF THE VIOLATIONS, PROMPT DIS- CLOSURE, CORRECTION AND REMEDIATION, PREVENTION OF RECUR- RENCE OF VIOLATIONS, NO REPETITION OF VIOLATION, NO HARM, ENDANGERMENT, OR VIOLATION OF ORDER, AND COOPERATION WITH EPA, ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• UNION CARBIDE - TAFT PLANTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (15)

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT STAR COMPLEX

  STATE HIGHWAY 3142 GATE 28, HAHNVILLE, LA, 70057

  Registry ID: 110018861793

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• UNION CARBIDE - TAFT PLANTentered 1997-07-21

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1997-03-14Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-07-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1997-07-21Enforcement Action Closed
• 1997-07-21Final Order Issued