EPA v. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (OXYCHEM), INGLESIDE FACILIT

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. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (OXYCHEM) CHLORO-VINYLS GROUP; P. O. BOX CC INGLESIDE, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS 78382-0710 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 6(E) OF TSCA BY PROCESSING A PCB- CONTAMINATED WASTE OIL DRUM WITHOUT PROPER MARKING, STOR- AGE, MANIFESTING AND NOTIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40 CFR PART 761. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFI- CATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (OXYCHEMNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP (OXYCHEM)

  P. O. BOX CC, CHLORO-VINYLS DROUP, INGLESIDE, TX, 783620710

  Registry ID: 110070725501

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP (OXYCHEM)

  P. O. BOX CC, CHLORO-VINYLS DROUP, INGLESIDE, TX, 783620710

  Registry ID: 110070725501

Statutes cited

• TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (OXYCHEM)entered 2002-05-03

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2000-12-19Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-05-03Final Order Issued
• 2002-05-03Compliance Achieved
• 2002-05-04Enforcement Action Closed
• 2002-05-08Enforcement Action Data Entered