EPA v. CELANESE LTD. - CLEAR LAKE FACILITY

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. CELANESE LTD. - CLEAR LAKE FACILITY 9502 BAYPORT ROAD PASADEAN, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77507-1498 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF SECTIONS 165 AND 110 OF THE CAA BY EXCEEDING THE EMISSION LIMITS IF ITS PSD PERMIT AND THE EMISSION RATES ALLOWED BY ITS TNRCC PERMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLLATION 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)

• CELANESE LTD.

Facilities (3)

• CELANESE LIMITED CLEAR LAKE PLANT

  9502 BAYPORT BLVD., PASADENA, TX, 775071498

  Registry ID: 110067040703

• CELANESE LIMITED CLEAR LAKE PLANT

  9502 BAYPORT BLVD., PASADENA, TX, 775071498

  Registry ID: 110067040703

• CELANESE LIMITED CLEAR LAKE PLANT

  9502 BAYPORT BLVD., PASADENA, TX, 775071498

  Registry ID: 110067040703

Statutes cited

• CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
• CAA 165 — Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2001-08-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-09-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2003-09-22Enforcement Action Closed