EPA v. ICI ACRYLICS

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. ICI ACRYLICS 6350 NORTH TWIN CITY HIGHWAY NEDERLAND, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS 77627 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 3005 OF RCRA - FAILURE TO MEET THE EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERATORS AT LESS THAN 90-DAY STORAGE AREAS, UNAUTHORIZED DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, AND THEREFORE OPERATING A HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE AREA WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS; VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 113 OF THE CAA - VIOLATIONS FOR LEAKS ASSOCIATED WITH PUMPS, ERRONEOUS CALCULATION OF ANNUAL LEAK RATES; AND A VIOLATION OF SECTION 312 OF EPCRA - FAILURE TO REPORT THE CORRECT EMISSION AMOUNT IN A TIER II REPORT. 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-DIS- CLOSURE POLICY AND WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENAL- TIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• ICI ACRYLICSNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• INEOS ACRYLICS INCORPORATED

  6350 NORTH TWIN CITY HIGHWAY, NEDERLAND, TX, 77627

  Registry ID: 110000463917

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 312 — Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
• CAA 113 — Clean Air Act
• RCRA 3005 — Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ICI ACRYLICSentered 2010-06-16

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1999-02-18Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-03-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-06-16Final Order Issued
• 2010-06-16Enforcement Action Closed