EPA v. ASHLAND CHEMICAL CO. - DALLAS ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS DIV. PLT.

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. ASHLAND CHEMICAL FACILITY: DALLAS ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS DIVISION PLANT 8201 SOUTH CENTRAL PARKWAY DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 75216 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY FAILING TO OBTAIN A MULTI-SECTOR GENERAL PERMIT FOR ITS FACILITY AS RE- QUIRED. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, COR- RECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF VIOLATION, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND WHETHER TO SEEK GRAV- ITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• ASHLAND CHEMICAL COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ASHLAND SPECIALTY CHEMICALS COMPANY

  8201 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, DALLAS, TX, 75241

  Registry ID: 110000457737

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ASHLAND CHEMICAL CO.entered 1999-07-22

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1999-02-18Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-02-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-07-22Final Order Issued
• 1999-07-22Enforcement Action Closed