EPA v. Elementis Chromium, L.P.
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
On October 17, 2011, EPA Region 6 issued a Section 3013 Administrative Order (AO) under its authority pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to Elementis Chromium, L.P. (Elementis), located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The AO requires Elementis to perform environmental sampling to determine the nature and extent of releases of hazardous wastes at the facility. Elementis must respond to EPA Region 6 within 30 days of receipt of this AO. For more information, see documents below.
Defendants (1)
- Elementis Chromium, L.P.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
ELEMENTIS CHROMIUM CORPUS CHRIST TX FACILITY
3800 BUDDY LAWRENDE DR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, 78407-1900
Registry ID: 110005069102
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3013 — Monitoring, Analysis, Testing
Enforcement conclusions (1)
elementis Chromium, L.P.entered 2011-10-17
Primary law: RCRA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2011-10-17Final Order Issued
- 2012-01-18Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2013-05-02Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 2600092974
- Case number
- 06-2012-0922
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- 6EN-H
- EPA region
- 06
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Monitoring, Analysis, Testing
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2012-0922 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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