EPA v. GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY - 40-ACRE 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. GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY MALONE ROAD TEXAS CITY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77590 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(A) OF CERCLA BY FAILING TO PROVIDE NOTICE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RELEASE OF METHANOL EMISSIONS ABOVE THE RQ. 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)

• GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY

  1600 CAMPBELL BAYOU, TEXAS CITY, TX, 77590

  Registry ID: 110000895586

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITYentered 2002-06-02

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2002-02-08Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-02-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-06-02Final Order Issued
• 2002-06-02Compliance Achieved
• 2002-06-02Enforcement Action Closed