EPA v. OXYCHEM (OCCIDENTAL 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. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (OXYCHEM) OCCIDENTAL TOWER 5005 LBJ FREEWAY DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 75244-6119 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 12(B) OF TSCA. THE RESPONDENT FAIL- ED TO SUBMIT EXPORT NOTIFICATIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER. 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)

• OXYCHEMNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP (OXYCHEM)

  OCCIDENTAL TOWER, 5005 LBJ FRWY, DALLAS, TX, 75244

  Registry ID: 110010747175

Statutes cited

• TSCA 12 — Exports

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP. (OXYCHEM)entered 2001-05-15

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1999-12-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2000-01-19Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-05-15Final Order Issued
• 2001-05-15Compliance Achieved
• 2001-05-15Enforcement Action Closed