EPA v. CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION

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. CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION 100 BRIDGEPORT ROAD WEST MEMPHIS, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, ARKANSAS 72301 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR EPICHLOROHY- DRIN, CYCLOHEXANOL, ETHYLENE GLYCOL, AND TERT-BUTYL AL- COHOL FOR THE REPORTING YEARS 1998 AND 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 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)

• CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATIONNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• CIBA SPECIALITY CHEMICALS

  100 BRIDGEPORT RD., WEST MEMPHIS, AR, 723016413

  Registry ID: 110000452082

• CIBA SPECIALITY CHEMICALS

  100 BRIDGEPORT RD., WEST MEMPHIS, AR, 723016413

  Registry ID: 110000452082

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.entered 2002-08-27

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2000-08-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-12-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-08-27Enforcement Action Closed
• 2002-08-27Final Order Issued