EPA v. KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICE COMPANY

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. KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVIVE COMPANY 155 COUNTY ROAD 1651 AVINGER, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS 75630 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(A) OF CERCLA BY FAILING TO PROVIDE NOTICE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NRC OF RELEASES OF NITROGEN OXIDE, OVER THE RQ, AFTER HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH RELEASES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION, 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)

• KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICE COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICES COMPANY

  155 COUNTY ROAD 1651, AVINGER, TX, 75630

  Registry ID: 110010778989

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• KOCH MIDSTREAM SERVICE COMPANYentered 2002-04-08

  Primary law: CERCLA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2001-07-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-04-08Final Order Issued
• 2002-04-08Enforcement Action Closed
• 2002-04-12Enforcement Action Data Entered