EPA v. TEXACO LUBRICANTS COMPANY, HOUSTON LUBRICANTS PLANT

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. TEXACO LUBRICANTS COMPANY - HOUSTON LUBRICANTS PLANT 780 CLINTON AVENUE GALENA PARK, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77547 3. UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, THE RESPONDENT DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA. AFTER AN AUDIT CON- DUCTED BY TEXACO AS PART OF ITS AUDITING POLICY, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD NOT FILED A TIER II INVENTORY REPORT IN A TIMELY MANNER FOR THE 1996 REPORT- ING YEAR. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURE OF THE VIOLATION, CORRECTION, ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION OF THE VIOLATION, AND WILL ISSUE AN FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• TEXACO LUBRICANTS COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• EQUILON GALENA PARK

  780 CLINTON DR., GALENA PARK, TX, 77547

  Registry ID: 110015585614

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• TEXACO LUBRICANTS COMPANYentered 1998-05-06

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1997-11-25Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-01-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-05-06Enforcement Action Closed
• 1998-05-06Final Order Issued