EPA v. OXYCHEM (OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION) - HAHNVILLE

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. OXYCHEM (OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION) - HAHNVILLE HIGHWAY 3142 & HIGHWAY 18 TAFT, SAINT JAMES PARISH, LOUISIANA 70057 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-DISCLOSURE POLICY, DISCLOSED A POSSIBLE VIOLATIO OF SECTION 6 OF TSCA BY 1) FAILING TO FILE A NOTIFICATION OF PCB WASTE ACTIVITY REPORT TO EPA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT 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)

• OXYCHEM (OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP.)Named in settlement

Facilities (2)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP.

  266 HWY. 3142, HAHNVILLE, LA, 700572608

  Registry ID: 110000743296

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP.

  266 HWY. 3142, HAHNVILLE, LA, 700572608

  Registry ID: 110000743296

Statutes cited

• TSCA 6 — Regulation of Hazardous Chemical Substances and Mixtures (includes Asbestos and PCBs)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (OXYCHEM)entered 2002-02-04

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2000-01-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2000-01-27Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-02-04Final Order Issued
• 2002-02-04Enforcement Action Closed