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 1111 AIRLINE HIGHWAY GRAMERCY, SAINT JAMES PARISH, LOUISIANA 70052 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 608 OF THE CAA BY 1) NO DOCUMENTATION TO VERIFY PERFROMANCE OF ALL REQUIRED IN- SPECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAJUNITE DRYER, 2) NO DOCU- MENTATION TO VERIFY THAT SUBMISSION OF THE REQUIRED CERT- IFICATION STATEMENT HAD BEEN MADE TO EPA FOR ALL EQUIP- MENT USED TO RECYCLE/RECOVER CFC REFRIGERANT, AND 3) NO RESPONSE TO THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NOV) ISSUED TO THE FACILITY IN NOV. 1998 RELATED TO KILN EMISSIONS; SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY 1) CERTIFICATION STATEMENT ON THE DMR DOES NOT CONTAIN THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED IN THE STANDARD CONDITIONS SECTION OF THE PERMIT, 2) FACILITY'S APPLICA- TION FOR RENEWAL OF PERMIT DOES NOT PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION, AND 3) FAILING TO COLLECT THE REQUIRED NUM- BER OF SAMPLES FOR PH; SECTION 311 OF THE CWA BY 1) CON- TINGUENCY PLAN AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MANUAL NEEDS TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE IDENTITY OF THE CURRENT INCI- DENT COMMANDER AND ALTERNATES, AND 2) FACILITY HAD NOT CERTIFIED THAT A FACILITY RESPONSE PLAN (FRP) IS NOT RE- QUIRED; AND SECTION; AND SECTION 6E OF TSCA BY 1) FAILING TO PLACED SIGNS ON TRANSFORMERS WITH CONCENTRATIONS OF PCB'S LESS THAN 50 PPM. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF VIOLATIONS, 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

• CWA 311 — Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
• TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS
• RCRA 3005A — Res Conserv & Rec Act
• CAA 608 — National Recycling & Emission Reduction Program

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1999-08-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2000-01-19Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-06-27Enforcement Action Closed