EPA v. TYLER PIPE COMPANY

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. TYLER PIPE COMPANY HIGHWAY 69 NORTH SWAN, SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS 75704 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA 313 BY FAILING TO SUBMIT ITS TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE INVENTORY REPORTING FORM (FORM R) FOR 1999 AS REQUIRED. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POIICY, 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)

• TYLER PIPE COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• TYLER PIPE CO.

  HIGHWAY 69 NORTH, SWAN, TX, 75704

  Registry ID: 110013706481

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• TYLER PIPE COMPANYentered 2002-03-15

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2001-03-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-04-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-03-15Final Order Issued
• 2002-03-15Enforcement Action Closed