EPA v. LONE STAR GAS COMPANY

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. LONE STAR GAS COMPANY, A DIVISION OF ENSEARCH CORPORATION FACILITY: LINE P-7 PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PARMER ROAD AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS 78701 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY FAILING TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO EPA REGARDING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AT A SITE IMPACTING 5 ACRES OR MORE ( NOTICE OF INTENT (NOI). 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL, AFTER REVIEW OF THE RESPONDENT.S VOLUNTARY DIS- COVERY, DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECUR- RENCE, AND COOPERATION, MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• LONE STAR GAS COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LINE P-7 PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

  PARMER ROAD, AUSTIN, TX, 78701

  Registry ID: 110010656067

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• TXU/LONE STAR GAS COMPANY/P7entered 2002-02-05

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1998-09-23Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-10-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-02-05Final Order Issued
• 2002-02-05Enforcement Action Closed