EPA v. UNION CARBIDE - SEADRIFT PLANT

Case summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DOSCLOS- URE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. UNION CARBIDE - SEADRIFT PLANT, A CONNECTICUTT CORP. HIGHWAY 185 SEADRIFT, CALHOUN COUNTY, TEXAS 77983 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA SECTION 313. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO REPORT DICYCLOPENTADIENE TO EPA ON A TRI REPORT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL, AFTER ANALYSIS OF THE VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF THE VIOLATIONS, PROMPT DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND REMEDIA- TION, PREVENTION OF RECUURENCE, NO REPEAT VIOLATIONS, NO HARM, ENDANGERMENT, OR VIOLATION OF ORDERS, AND COOPERA- TION WITH EPA, ISSUE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• UNION CARBIDE - SEADRIFT PLANTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION

  HIGHWAY 185, SEADRIFT, TX, 77983

  Registry ID: 110007175154

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• UNION CARBIDE - SEADRIFT PLANTentered 1997-09-30

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1997-03-14Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-07-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1997-09-30Enforcement Action Closed
• 1997-09-30Final Order Issued