EPA v. MURPHY OIL USA, INC.

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. MURPHY OIL USA, INC. MERAUX REFINERY PO BOX 100 MERAUX, ST. BERNARD PARISH, LOUISIANA 70075-0100 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 6 OF TSCA BY THE IMPROPER STORAGE OF PCB MATERIAL, AND THE ERRONEOUS RECORDKEEPING AND INCOR- RECT MARKING OF PCB MATERIAL. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCOSURE, 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)

• MURPHY OIL USA, INC.Named in settlement

Facilities (4)

• MURPHY OIL USA INCORPORATED MERAUX REFINERY

  2500 EAST SAINT BERNARD HIGHWAY, MERAUX, LA, 70075

  Registry ID: 110000448837

• MURPHY OIL USA INCORPORATED MERAUX REFINERY

  2500 EAST SAINT BERNARD HIGHWAY, MERAUX, LA, 70075

  Registry ID: 110000448837

• MURPHY OIL USA INCORPORATED MERAUX REFINERY

  2500 EAST SAINT BERNARD HIGHWAY, MERAUX, LA, 70075

  Registry ID: 110000448837

• MURPHY OIL USA INCORPORATED MERAUX REFINERY

  2500 EAST SAINT BERNARD HIGHWAY, MERAUX, LA, 70075

  Registry ID: 110000448837

Statutes cited

• TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MURPHY OIL USA, INC.entered 2001-04-11

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1999-05-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-02-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-04-11Final Order Issued
• 2001-04-11Compliance Achieved
• 2001-04-11Enforcement Action Closed