EPA v. WEST TEXAS WIND ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

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. WEST TEXAS WIND ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. IN UPTON COUNTY MC CAMEY, UPTON COUNTY, TEXAS 79752 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY FAILING TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT ( NOI ) FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION OF A WIND TURBINE FACILITY NEAR MC CAMEY, TEXAS, DISCOVERED THROUGH ITS OWN INTERNAL PROCEDURES. AN NOI WAS SUBMITTED ON MAY 27, 1999 AND A STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDEN'S DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, COR- RECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATION, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFI- TION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• WEST TEXAS WIND ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WEST TEXAS WIND ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

  IN UPTON COUNTY, MC CAMEY, TX, 79752

  Registry ID: 110010697273

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• WEST TEXAS WIND ENERGYentered 2002-03-29

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1999-07-19Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-11-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-03-29Final Order Issued
• 2002-03-29Compliance Achieved
• 2002-03-29Enforcement Action Closed