EPA v. CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP

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. CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP 2001 SOUTH GULFWAY DRIVE PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS 77640 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO SUBMIT FOR RS FOR BENZENE, 1,3-BUTADIENE, CUMENE, CYCLOHEXANE, ETHYLBEN- ZENE, HEXANE, METHANOL, STYRENE, TOLUENE, AND XYLENE FOR THE REPORTING YEARS 1995 THROUGH 1999. 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 WILL 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)

• CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (8)

• CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY

  2001 S. GULFWAY DR., PORT ARTHUR, TX, 77640

  Registry ID: 110020148008

• CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY

  2001 S. GULFWAY DR., PORT ARTHUR, TX, 77640

  Registry ID: 110020148008

• CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY

  2001 S. GULFWAY DR., PORT ARTHUR, TX, 77640

  Registry ID: 110020148008

• CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY

  2001 S. GULFWAY DR., PORT ARTHUR, TX, 77640

  Registry ID: 110020148008

• CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY

  2001 S. GULFWAY DR., PORT ARTHUR, TX, 77640

  Registry ID: 110020148008

• CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY

  2001 S. GULFWAY DR., PORT ARTHUR, TX, 77640

  Registry ID: 110020148008

• CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY

  2001 S. GULFWAY DR., PORT ARTHUR, TX, 77640

  Registry ID: 110020148008

• CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY

  2001 S. GULFWAY DR., PORT ARTHUR, TX, 77640

  Registry ID: 110020148008

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LPentered 2003-03-27

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2000-02-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-12-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2003-03-27Final Order Issued
• 2003-03-27Enforcement Action Closed