EPA v. Freeport LNG Storage and Trucking Facility-Oyster Creek, TX-RMP ESA-FY 2025

Case summary

On July 5, 2023, EPA Risk Management Program Reporting Center sent a letter to Respondent, notifying Respondent of its failure to update the Risk Management Plan on file with EPA for its facility located at 1914 FM 523, Oyster Creek, Texas 77541 (the ?Facility?). Facilities subject to the Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations at 40 C.F.R. Part 68 are required to submit an updated Risk Management Plan at least once every five years. EPA?s review indicates that the update for the Facility was not submitted by the required due date of June 12, 2023

Defendants (1)

• Freeport LNG Storage and Trucking FacilityNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• FREEPORT LNG STORAGE AND TRUCKING FACILITY

  1914 FM 523, OYSTER CREEK, TX, 77541

  Registry ID: 110070247469

Statutes cited

• CAA 112[R][7] — Prevention of Accidental Release/Risk Management Plans (RMPs)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Freeport LNG Storage and Trucking Facility-Oyster Creek, TX-RMP ESA-FY 2025entered 2025-03-14

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $1,600

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2025-03-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2025-03-14Final Order Issued
• 2025-03-17Compliance Achieved
• 2025-03-19Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2025-04-14Enforcement Action Closed