EPA v. LUFKIN INDUSTRIES, 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. LUFKIN INDUSTRIES, INC. DOUGLAS & KOLN STREETS LUFKIN, ANGELINA COUNTY, TEXAS 75902 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA 313 BY: 1) FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR METHANOL, NAPHTHALENE, DIISOCYANATES, CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS, FORMALDEHYDE, AND COP- PER FOR CALENDA YEAR 1987; 2) FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR METHANOL, NAPHTHALENE, DIISOCYANATES, CHROMIUM COM- POUNDS, FORMALDEHYDE, AND COPPER FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1988; 3) FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR METHANOL, NAPHTHALENE, DIISOCYANATES, CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS, AND FORMALEHYDE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1989; 4) FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR METHANOL, NAPHTHALENE, DIISOCYANATES, AND CHROMIUM COM- POUNDS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1990; 5) FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR METHANOL, NAPHTHALENE, DISOCYANATES, AND CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1991; 6) FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR METHANOL, NAPHTHALENE, DIISOCYANATES, AND CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1992; 7) FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR METHANOL, NAPHTHALENE, DIISOCYANATES, AND CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1993; 8) FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR MRTHANOL, NAPHTHALENE, DIISOCYA- NATES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1994; 9) FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR METHANOL, NAPHTHALENE, DIISOCYANATES, AND CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1995; 10) FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR METHANOL, NAPHTHALENE, DIISOCYANATES, AND CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1996; 11) FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR METHANOL, NAPHTHALENE, DIISOCYANATES, AND CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1997; 12) FAIL- ING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR METHANOL, NAPHTHALENE, DIISO- CYANATES, AND CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1998; AND 13) FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR YXLENE, METHANOL, PHENOL, NAPHTHALENE, COPPER, MANGANESE, AND CHROMIUM COM- POUNDS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1999. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, COORECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• LUFKIN INDUSTRIES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (4)

• LUFKIN INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

  407 KILN AVENUE, LUFKIN, TX, 759020849

  Registry ID: 110000746444

• LUFKIN INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

  407 KILN AVENUE, LUFKIN, TX, 759020849

  Registry ID: 110000746444

• LUFKIN INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

  HIGHWAY 69, LUFKIN, TX, 75901

  Registry ID: 110066940289

• LUFKIN INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

  HIGHWAY 69, LUFKIN, TX, 75901

  Registry ID: 110066940289

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LUFKIN INDUSTRIES, INC.entered 2003-03-28

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2001-07-16Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-08-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2003-03-28Final Order Issued
• 2003-03-28Enforcement Action Closed