EPA v. OXYCHEM (OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORTION)

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) OCCIDENTAL TOWER 5005 LBJ FREEWAY, P.O. BOX 809050 DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 75244-6119 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SUBCHAPTER D OF THE CAA BY FAILING TO SUB- MIT THE ANNUAL REPORT OF SECOND-PARTY TRANSFORMATION AND SECOND-PARTY DESTRUCTION FOR THE CONTROL PERIOD OF 1998, TO EPA IN A TIMELY MANNER. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECCTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATIONS, AND WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION 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 CORPORATIONNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP (OXYCHEM)

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

  Registry ID: 110010747175

Statutes cited

• CAA SUBCHP6 — Clean Air Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• OXYCHEM (OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION)entered 2001-05-11

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2000-02-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2000-03-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-05-11Compliance Achieved
• 2001-05-11Enforcement Action Closed
• 2001-05-11Final Order Issued