EPA v. UNION CARBIDE - TEXAS CITY MARINE TERMINAL

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 CORP. MARINE TERMINAL, A CONNECTICUTT CORP. 2800 LOOP 197 SOUTH TEXAS CITY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77590 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO REPORT THE USE OF GLYCOL ETHERS, N-HEXANE, AND ETHYLBENZENE AT THE FACILITY. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL, AFTER REVIEW OF THE VIOLATION DISCLOSED, PROMPT DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND REMEDIATION, PREVENTION OF RE- CURRENCE, NO REPEAT VIOLATIONS, AND COOPERATION WITH EPA, ISSUE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY- BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• UNION CARBIDE - TEXAS CITY MARINE TERMINNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION MARINE TERMINAL

  2800 LOOP 197 S., TEXAS CITY, TX, 775920471

  Registry ID: 110000463828

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• UNION CARBIDE - TEXAS CITY MARINE TERMINALentered 1997-09-30

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1997-05-02Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-08-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1997-09-30Enforcement Action Closed
• 1997-09-30Final Order Issued