EPA v. HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION, PORT ARTHUR A&O 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. HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION, PROT ARTHUR, TEXAS AROMATICS AND OLEFINS PLANT SAVANNAH AVENUE, GATE 24, P.O. BOX 968 PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS 77640 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTIONS 111 (NSPS) AND 112 (NESHAP) OF THE CAA BY 1) FAILURE TO CORRECTLY CALCULATE A CONDENSATE WASTEWATER STREAM BY EXCEEDING THE PROVISIONS AT SECTION 61.342(C)(3)(II) FOR STREAMS WITH TOTAL BENZENE QUANTITY UNDER 2.0 MEGAGRAMS PER YEAR, 2) INSTALLING A H FURNANCE WITHOUT NITIFICATION, 3) MODIFYING AND CHANGING THE LOU DISTILLATIONS OPERATIONS WITHOUT NOTIFICATION, 4) MODIFY- ING AND CHANGING THE AU DISTILLATION OPERATIONS WITHOUT NOTIFICATION, 5) MODIFYING AND CHANGING THE CYCLOHEXANE UNIT (CU) DISTILLATION OPERATIONS WITHOUT NOTIFICATION, AND 6) REPLACING A QUENCH PUMP IN THE CU WITHOUT NOTIFIC- ATION. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, COR- RECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF VIOLATIONS, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICA- TIONS TO SELF-POLICING POLICY, AND WHETHER TO SEEK GRAV- ITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATIONNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• HUNTSMAN CORP. PORT ARTHUR - A&O PLANT

  SAVANNAH AVE. GATE 24, PORT ARTHUR, TX, 77641

  Registry ID: 110000861862

Statutes cited

• CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards
• CAA 112 — Hazardous Air Pollutants

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION, PORT ARTHUR A&O PLANTentered 2003-07-01

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1999-02-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-03-19Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2003-07-01Final Order Issued