EPA v. KOCH NITROGEN 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 NITROGEN COMPANY 6310 HORSESHOE LAKE ROAD STERLINGTON, OAUCHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA 71280 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 110 OF THE CAA BY CONDUCTING THE RE- CYCLE WHEEL UPGRADE PROJECT IN VIOLATION OF THE NEW SOURCE REVIEW PROVISIONS. 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)

• KOCH NITROGEN COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• KOCH NITROGEN CO

  6310 HORSESHOE LAKE RD, STERLINGTON, LA, 71280

  Registry ID: 110012383107

• KOCH NITROGEN CO

  6310 HORSESHOE LAKE RD, STERLINGTON, LA, 71280

  Registry ID: 110012383107

Statutes cited

• CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• KOCH NITROGEN COMPANYentered 2010-06-16

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2002-05-14Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-05-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-06-16Final Order Issued
• 2010-06-16Enforcement Action Closed