EPA v. WEST TEXAS GAS, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$150
Compliance action
$1,000
Case summary
1. SECTION 325 OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT ( EPCRA ), AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SEC- TION 11045. 2. WEST TEXAS GAS, INC. 211 NORTH COLORADO MIDLAND, MIDLAND COUNTY, TEXAS 79701 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 312(A) OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO REPORT THE STOR- AGE OR USAGE OF A HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL (JET FUEL) ABOVE THE RQ TO THE SERC/LEPC. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 325 OF EPCRA, EPA PRO- POSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $6,251 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.
Defendants (1)
- WEST TEXAS GAS, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
WEST TEXAS GAS, INC.
211 N COLORADO, MIDLAND, TX, 79701
Registry ID: 110010642073
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 312 — Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
Enforcement conclusions (1)
WEST TEXAS GAS, INC.entered 2000-10-09
Primary law: EPCRA
Federal penalty: $150
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2000-09-21Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2000-09-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-10-09Final Order Issued
- 2002-09-09Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 40810
- Case number
- 06-2000-1196
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- Branch
- 6SF-R
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2000-1196 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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