EPA v. EQUILON PIPELINE COMPANY LLC

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. EQUILION PIPELINE COMPANY LLC HIGHWAY 214 DENVER CITY, YOAKUM COUNTY, TEXAS 79323 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 111 OF THE CAA AND THE NSPS REGULA- TIONS BY 1) FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION FOR THE START OF CONSTRUCTION OR OPERATIONS, AND 2) FAILURE TO MAINTAIN TRUE VAPOR PRESSURE RECORDS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, AND PAST COM- PLIANCE HISTORY AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RE- SPONDENT QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• EQUILON PIPELINE COMPANY LLCNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• EQUILON PIPELINE CO LLC

  HWY 214, DENVER CITY, TX, 79323

  Registry ID: 110012284857

Statutes cited

• CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• EQUILON PIPELINE COMPANY LLCentered 2003-06-30

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2002-03-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-03-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2003-06-30Final Order Issued