EPA v. SCHLUMBERGER OILFIELD SERVICE

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. SCHLUMBERGER 9965 HIGHWAY 39 EAST TYLER, SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS 75205 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 3003 OF RCRA BY SHIPPING FOR DISPOS- AL TO A LANDFILL, WASTE WATER AND SUMP SLUDGE MIXTURE MANIFESTED AS NON-HAZARDOUS. SAMPLES OF THE SHIPMENT DIS- CLOSED HIGH LEVELS OF TCLP LEAD. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, COR- RECTION AND REMEDIATION, PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DEYERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING PO- LICY, AND ID EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• SCHLUMBERGER OILFIELD SERVICENamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SCHLUMBERGER WELL SVCS DIV OF SLB

  9965 HWY 31 EAST, TYLER, TX, 75705

  Registry ID: 110006126094

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3003 — Standards Applicable to Transporters of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SCHLUMBERGER OILFIELD SERVICESentered 2000-05-09

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1999-10-21Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-10-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2000-05-09Enforcement Action Closed
• 2000-05-09Final Order Issued