EPA v. KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICES COMPANY, WEST TEXAS DIV.

Case summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- UANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOS- URE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATIONS . 2. KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICES COMPANY, WEST TEXAS DIVISION COYANOSA, PECOS COUNTY, TEXAS 79730 FACILITIES IN WARD, PECOS, CRANE, AND CROCKETT COUNTIES, TEXAS 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF THE RELEASE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SEC- TION 312 OF THE EPCRA BY FAILURE TO REPORT SUSPECTED RE- LEASES OF POLLUTANTS FROM 40 FACILITIES IN WEST TEXAS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF VIOLATIONS, AND PAST COMPLI- ANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPOND- ENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICES COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICES CO

  IN W TEXAS, COYANOSA, TX, 79730

  Registry ID: 110007198834

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 312 — Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICES COMPANY, WEST TEXAS DIV.entered 2010-06-16

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2000-12-06Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-02-23Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-06-16Final Order Issued
• 2010-06-16Enforcement Action Closed