EPA v. LION OIL COMPANY

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. LION OIL COMPANY 1000 MCHENRY AVENUE EL DORADO, UNION COMPANY, ARKANSAS 71730 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 304 OF EPCRA, EXCEEDING THE ITS PER- MIT LIMIT FOR SO2, AND SECTION 111 OF THE CAA AND THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS BY IMPRPERLY CHARACTERIZING GASES THAT VENT TO THE FLARE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVEIW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF VIOLATION AND MAKE A DETER- MINATION AS THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF- POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENAL- TIES OR NOT. 5. OTHER TECHNICIAL STAFF: STEVE MASON - EPCRA

Defendants (1)

• LION OIL COMPANY

Facilities (1)

• LION OIL COMPANY

  1000 MCHENRY STREET, EL DORADO, AR, 71730

  Registry ID: 110017419667

Statutes cited

• CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards
• EPCRA 304 — Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2000-01-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2000-01-19Enforcement Action Data Entered