EPA v. QUEST CHEMICAL CORPORATION

Case summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLO- SURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. QUEST CHEMICAL CORPORATION 12255 FM 529, NORTHWOODS INDUSTRIAL PARK HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77041 3. UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, THE RESPONDENT DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 313 BY FAILING TO FILE FORM R RE- PORTS IN A TIMELY MANNER FOR CERTAIN CHEMICALS FOR CALEN- DAR YEAR 1996. ALSO, QUEST DISCLOSED THAT THERE IS A POS- SIBLITY THAT FORM R REPORTS WERE NOT FILED FOR PRIOR YEARS AND IS INVESTIGATING. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PUSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL, AFTER REVIEW OF THE DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS, THE RE- SPONDENT'S CORRECTION AND FILING OF THE FORM R REPORTS, RESPONDENT'S ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, AND THE RESPONDENT'S COOPERATION, ISSUE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PEN- ALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• QUEST CHEMICAL CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• QUEST CHEMICAL CORPORATION

  12255 FM 529, HOUSTON, TX, 77041

  Registry ID: 110000461642

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• QUEST CHEMICAL CORPORATIONentered 1998-03-04

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1997-09-23Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-09-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-03-04Enforcement Action Closed
• 1998-03-04Final Order Issued