EPA v. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION

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. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION - ALUMINA DIGEST- ION AREA 1111 AIRLINE HIGHWAY GRAMERCY, SAINT JAMES PARISH, LOUISIANA 70052 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 111 OF THE CAA AND SECTION 203 OF TSCA BY THE RELEASE OF 1,000 LBS. OR MORE OF SO- DIUM HYDROXIDE AND AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF FRIABLE ASBES- TOS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AS A RESULT OF AN EXPLOSION THAT OCCURRED ON JUL. 5, 1999 AT THE ALUMINA DIGESTION AREA OF THE FACILITY. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF VIOLATION AND MAKE A DETER- MINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION

Facilities (4)

• KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION GRAMERCY WORKS

  1111 NORTH AIRLINE AVENUE, GRAMERCY, LA, 70052

  Registry ID: 110000448677

• KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION GRAMERCY WORKS

  1111 NORTH AIRLINE AVENUE, GRAMERCY, LA, 70052

  Registry ID: 110000448677

• KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION GRAMERCY WORKS

  1111 NORTH AIRLINE AVENUE, GRAMERCY, LA, 70052

  Registry ID: 110000448677

• KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION GRAMERCY WORKS

  1111 NORTH AIRLINE AVENUE, GRAMERCY, LA, 70052

  Registry ID: 110000448677

Statutes cited

• TSCA 203 — EPA Regulations - Asbestos in Schools
• CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1999-08-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-08-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2000-08-09Enforcement Action Closed