EPA v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION

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. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION 1828 POTH LANE CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS 78407 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA FOR FAILURE TO RE- PORT DISCHARGES IN VIOLATION OF THEIR PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS; VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 3004(D) OF RCRA FOR IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ONSITE WITHOUT A PERMIT; AND VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 110 OF THE CAA FOR AP- PLICATION OF A STANDARD EXEMPTION OF THE TEXAS SIP TO A FACILITY THAT SHOULD, INSTEAD, HAVE BEEN PERMITTED. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, COR- RECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION, AND MAKE A DETERMIN- ATION ON IF THE RESPONDENT QUALIFIES FOR THE SELF-DISCLO- SURE POLICY AND WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT. 5. TECHNICAL CONTACTS: CAA - BARRY FELDMAN RCRA - RALPH FRANK CWA - JOHN STACY

Defendants (1)

• AMERADA HESS CORPORATIONNamed in settlement

Facilities (3)

• AMERADA HESS CORPORATION

  1802 POTH LANE, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, 78408

  Registry ID: 110020147465

• AMERADA HESS CORPORATION

  1802 POTH LANE, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, 78408

  Registry ID: 110020147465

• AMERADA HESS CORPORATION

  1802 POTH LANE, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, 78408

  Registry ID: 110020147465

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3004 — Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Standards
• CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• AMERADA HESS CORPORATIONentered 2010-06-16

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1999-02-08Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-03-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-06-16Final Order Issued
• 2010-06-16Enforcement Action Closed