EPA v. WITCO CORPORATION

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. WITCO CORPORATION 15200 ALMEDA ROAD HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77053-5296 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA 313. THE RESPONDENT DISCLOSED IT HAD DISCOVERED THAT THE PLANT'S TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI) REPORTS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS MAY HAVE OMITTED SOME SOURCES OF METHANOL, ETHYLENE OXIDE, PROPYLENE OXIDE AND PERHAPS OTHER COMPOUNDS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAV- ITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT AFTER REVIEWING THE RESPOND- ENT'S DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF VIOLATION.

Defendants (1)

• WITCO CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CROMPTON CORPORATION

  15200 ALMEDA ROAD, HOUSTON, TX, 77053

  Registry ID: 110000461884

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• WITCO CORPORATIONentered 1998-07-15

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1998-01-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-04-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-07-15Final Order Issued
• 1998-07-15Compliance Achieved
• 1998-07-15Enforcement Action Closed