EPA v. UNION CARBIDE - TEXAS MAIN 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 - TEXAS MAIN PLANT, A CONNECTICUTT CORP. 3301 5TH AVENUE TEXAS CITY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77590 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA SECTION 313. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO REPORT CYCLOPENTADIENE TO EPA ON ITS TRI REPORT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL, AFTER ANALYSIS OF THE DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS, PROMPT DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND REMEDIATION, PREVENTION OF RE- CURRENCE, NO REPEAT VIOLATIONS, NO HARM, ENDANGERMENT, OR VIOLATION OF ORDERS, AND COOPERATION WITH EPA, ISSUE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PEN- ALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• UNION CARBIDE - TEXAS MAIN PLANTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TEXAS CITY PLANT

  3301 5TH AVENUE SOUTH, TEXAS CITY, TX, 77590

  Registry ID: 110000505524

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• UNION CARBIDE - TEXAS MAIN 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