EPA v. CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP, PHILTEX-RYTON PLANT

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. CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP PHILTEX-RYTON PLANT STATE SPUR 119 NORTH BORGER, HUTCHINSON COUNTY, TEXAS 79008 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY: 1) FAILURE TO SUBMIT NOTICE OF INTENT (NOI) FOR REGION 6 CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER GENERAL PERMIT; AND 2) FAILURE TO DEVELOP AND FOLLOW STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP) FOR PROJECT DISTURBING GREATER THAN 5 ACRES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, AND PAST COM- PLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RE- SPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP

Facilities (4)

• PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY PHILTEX RYTON COMPLEX

  SPUR 119 EAST, BORGER, TX, 79007

  Registry ID: 110041990646

• PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY PHILTEX RYTON COMPLEX

  SPUR 119 EAST, BORGER, TX, 79007

  Registry ID: 110041990646

• PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY PHILTEX RYTON COMPLEX

  SPUR 119 EAST, BORGER, TX, 79007

  Registry ID: 110041990646

• PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY PHILTEX RYTON COMPLEX

  SPUR 119 EAST, BORGER, TX, 79007

  Registry ID: 110041990646

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2001-03-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-03-29Enforcement Action Data Entered