EPA v. DUPONT - BEAUMONT WORKS
Source Agrees
Case summary
1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOS- URE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION . 2. DUPONT - BEAUMONT WORKS P.O. BOX 3269 BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS 77704 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A REPORTING VIOLATION OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA. THE RESPOND- ENT FAILED TO FILE TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI) REPORTS FOR QUANTITIES OF PYRIDINE THAT EXCEEDED THE THRESHOLD FOR CALENDAR YEARS 19995 AND 1996. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND WILLAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, AND WHETHER EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.
Defendants (1)
- DUPONTNamed in settlement
Facilities (6)
E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY
HIGHWAY 347, BEAUMONT, TX, 777063269
Registry ID: 110034393378
E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY
HIGHWAY 347, BEAUMONT, TX, 777063269
Registry ID: 110034393378
E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY
HIGHWAY 347, BEAUMONT, TX, 777063269
Registry ID: 110034393378
E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY
HIGHWAY 347, BEAUMONT, TX, 777063269
Registry ID: 110034393378
E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY
HIGHWAY 347, BEAUMONT, TX, 777063269
Registry ID: 110034393378
E I DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY
HIGHWAY 347, BEAUMONT, TX, 777063269
Registry ID: 110034393378
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)
Enforcement conclusions (1)
DUPONT - BEAUMONT WORKSentered 2000-02-03
Primary law: EPCRA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1999-06-24Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-07-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-02-03Enforcement Action Closed
- 2000-02-03Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 39298
- Case number
- 06-1999-0634
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- Branch
- 6RC-E
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- Yes
- Primary statute
- Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1999-0634 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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