EPA v. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (OXYCHEM) - CONVENT, LA.

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. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (OXYCHEM) 7377 HIGHWAY 3214 CONVENT, ST. JAMES PARISH, LOUISIANA 70723 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO SUBMIT TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI) FORM R REPORTS FOR CHLOROETHANE FOR CALENDAR YEARS 1993 THROUGH 1997. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF VIOLATION, AND WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATIONNamed in settlement

Facilities (4)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION

  7377 HIGHWAY 3214, CONVENT, LA, 70723

  Registry ID: 110000597328

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION

  7377 HIGHWAY 3214, CONVENT, LA, 70723

  Registry ID: 110000597328

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION

  7377 HIGHWAY 3214, CONVENT, LA, 70723

  Registry ID: 110000597328

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION

  7377 HIGHWAY 3214, CONVENT, LA, 70723

  Registry ID: 110000597328

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• OXYCHEM (OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION) CONVENT,entered 2000-02-03

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1999-06-16Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-07-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2000-02-03Enforcement Action Closed
• 2000-02-03Final Order Issued