EPA v. EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LP
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$22,000
Case summary
1. SECTION 325(C) OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT OF 1986 ( EPCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 11045(C). 2. EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LP 4300 HIGHWAY 108 SOUTH SULPHER, CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA 70663 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 313(A) OF EPCRA BY: 1) FAILURE TO REPORT IN A TIMELY MANNER FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1994 (NAPHTHALENE); AND 2) FAILURE TO REPORT IN A TIMELY MANNER FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1994 (STYRENE). 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 325(C) OF EPCRA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $50,000 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.
Defendants (1)
- EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS L P LAKE CHARLES PLANT
4300 HWY. 108 S., SULPHUR, LA, 70663
Registry ID: 110000748040
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)
Enforcement conclusions (1)
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LPentered 2000-11-22
Primary law: EPCRA
Federal penalty: $22,000
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2000-06-26Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2000-06-27Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-11-22Final Order Issued
- 2000-12-26Compliance Achieved
- 2001-10-19Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 40466
- Case number
- 06-2000-0850
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- Branch
- 6RC-E
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2000-0850 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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