EPA v. KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP, INC. - CORPUS CHRISTI TRUCK RACK

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. KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP, INC. - CORPUS CHRISTI TRUCK RACK 9200 UP RIVER CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS 78409 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 112 OF THE CAA AFTER DISCOVERING THAT 13 OF THE TIGHTNESS CERTIFICATIONS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR WERE INADEQUATE. IN SOME CASES, THE INFORMATION ON THE CERTIFICATION INDICATED THAT THE VAPOR-TIGHTNESS TEST HAD BEEN PERFORMED WRONG, OR WAS INCOMPLETE, AND IN SOME CASES, THE INFORMATION ON THE CERTIFICATION INDICATED THAT THE TRAILER HAD NOT PASSED TEST. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMNATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICA- TION THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAV- ITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP, INC.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP, L.P. - CORPUS CHRISTI TRUCK

  9200 UP RIVER, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, 78409

  Registry ID: 110010659661

Statutes cited

• CAA 112 — Hazardous Air Pollutants

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• KOCH PETROLEUM GROUP, INC. - CORPUS CHRISTI TRUCK RACKentered 2000-06-23

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2000-06-23Final Order Issued
• 2000-06-27Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-05-07Enforcement Action Closed