EPA v. HALTERMANN, LTD.

Case summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'A POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLO- SURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. HALTERMANN, LTD. 16717 JACINOPORT BOULEVARD HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77015 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA - FAILING TO HAVE A STAND-ALONE STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP) WITH BEST MANAGEMENT PRACITICES; VIOLATION OF SECTION 311 OF THE CWA - THE SPILL PREVENTION AND COUNTERMEASURES CONTINGENCY PLAN (SPCC) WAS NOT RECERTIFIED WITHIN THE REQUIRED 3-YEAR FRAME; AND A VIOLATION OF SECTION 15 OF TSCA - FAILED TO MAKE A ONE-TIME NOTIFICATION TO EPA FOR SEVERAL CHEMICALS FOUND ON THE TSCA SECTION 700 (PAIR) LIST. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, COR- RECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFI- CATION FOR THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, AND WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT. 5. OTHER TECHNICAL STAFF: DON SMITH SPCC/FRP.

Defendants (1)

• HALTERMANN, LTD.Named in settlement

Facilities (2)

• JOHANN HALTERMANN LTD

  16717 JACINTOPORT BLVD, HOUSTON, TX, 77015

  Registry ID: 110000460983

• JOHANN HALTERMANN LTD

  16717 JACINTOPORT BLVD, HOUSTON, TX, 77015

  Registry ID: 110000460983

Statutes cited

• TSCA 15 — Prohibited Acts
• CWA 311 — Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HALTERMANN, LTD.entered 2010-06-16

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1999-02-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-03-12Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-06-16Final Order Issued