EPA v. CABOT CORPORATION - CANAL 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. CABOT CORPORATION - CANAL PLANT 272 CABOT LANE & HIGHWAY 317 FRANKLIN, SAINT MARY PARISH, LOUISIANA 70538 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTIONS 103(A) OF CERCLA AND 313 OF EPCRA. THE RESPONDENT BELIEVES IT FAILED TO REPORT STORAGE OR USE OABOVE THE RQ OF CARBONYL SULFIDE TO SERC/ LEPC/FIRE DEPT. AND FAILED TO NOTIFIED TO THE NRC IMMED- ATELY AFTER RELEASES OF CARBONYL SULFIDE INTO THE EN- VIRONMENT FROM THE FACILITIES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA, AFTER A REVIEW OF THE RESPONDENT'S VOLUNTARY DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION, REMEDIATION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, WILL ISSUE A FINAL DETER- MINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• CABOT CORPORATION - CANAL PLANTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CABOT CORP CANAL PLT

  272 CABOT LANE & HWY 317, CENTERVILLE, LA, 70522

  Registry ID: 110012818442

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
• EPCRA 304 — Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CABOT CORPORATIONentered 2002-03-20

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1998-06-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-06-11Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-03-20Final Order Issued
• 2002-03-20Compliance Achieved
• 2002-03-20Enforcement Action Closed