EPA v. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (OXYCHEM)

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. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (OXYCHEM) 5005 LBJ FREEWAY, OCCIDENTAL TOWER DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 75380-9050 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 12(B) OF TSCA BY FAILING TO REPORT ALL EXPORTS TO EPA THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTING. 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 DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFI- CATIONS TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (OXYCHEMNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP

  OCCIDENTAL TOWER, 500D LBJ FWY, DALLAS, TX, 75244

  Registry ID: 110010747175

Statutes cited

• TSCA 12 — Exports

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (OXYCHEM)entered 2001-05-15

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1998-03-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-05-15Final Order Issued
• 2001-05-15Compliance Achieved
• 2001-05-15Enforcement Action Closed
• 2001-05-18Enforcement Action Data Entered