EPA v. GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY

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. GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY 3500 LOOP 197 SOUTH TEXAS CITY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77590 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 111 OF THE CAA BY: 1) FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION; AND 2) FAILURE TO OBTAIN A NEW SOURCE REVIEW PERMIT, INCLUDING NONATTAINMENT REVIEW RE- QUIREMENTS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF VIOLATION, AND PAST COMPLI- ANCE HISTORY, ANMD MAKE A DETERMINATION TO THE RESPOND- ENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY

Facilities (1)

• GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTH 40 ACRE

  LOOP 197 S, TEXAS CITY, TX, 77590

  Registry ID: 110064117520

Statutes cited

• CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2001-12-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-01-06Enforcement Action Data Entered