EPA v. KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICES 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. KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICES COMPANY AVINGER, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS 75630 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OT THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103 OF CERCLA BY FAILING TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION OF RE- LEASES OVER THE RQ, NITROGEN OXIDES, TO THE NRC IMMED- IATELY AFTER HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICA- TION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICES COMPANY

Facilities (1)

• KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICES COMPANY

  155 COUNTY ROAD 1651, AVINGER, TX, 75630

  Registry ID: 110010778989

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2001-07-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-07-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-04-11Enforcement Action Closed