EPA v. AIR LIQUIDE AND MEMC SOUTHWEST, 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. AIR LIQUIDE MEMC SOUTHWEST, INC. FACILITY: 6416 HIGHWAY 75 SOUTH, MS 862 SHERMAN, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS 75090 3. RESPONDENTS, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA 313 BY FAILING TO TRI REPORTS FOR CALENDAR YEARS 1998 AND 1999 FOR ANHYDROUS AMMONIA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENTS' DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENTS' QUALIFI- CATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (2)

• AIR LIQUIDE
• MEMC SOUTHWEST, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MEMC SOUTHWEST INCORPORATED

  6800HWY. 75 S., SHERMAN, TX, 750909493

  Registry ID: 110000744482

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Air Liquide and MEMC Southwest, Inc.entered 2003-08-20

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2001-06-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-07-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2003-08-20Final Order Issued
• 2003-08-20Enforcement Action Closed