# QUAKER STATE CORP
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · EPA Did Not Pursue
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `18371`
- **Case Number:** 03-1998-0470
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** EPA Did Not Pursue
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- QUAKER STATE CORP (settlement)
## Summary

QUAKER STATE DISCLOSE THE VIOLATIONS ON NOVEMBER 13, 1998.   EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PENNZOIL-QUAKER STATE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A 100% CIVIL PENALTY MITIGATION UNDER THE EPA'S INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION, AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATIONS, 65 FED. REG. 19618 (APRIL 11, 2000) ( SELF-DISCLOSURE POLICY ) BECAUSE THE VIOLATIONS WERE NOT DETECTED THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT  OR A COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.  HOWEVER, PENNZOIL-QUAKER STATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR A 75% REDUCTION OF GRAVITY-BASED PENALTY.  SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THIS NOTICE OF       NONCOMPLIANCE, EPA DOES NOT INTEND TO PURSUE PENALTIES AT THIS TIME. SINCE THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED IN 1994, THE 5-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAS EXPIRED.  THEREFORE, WE RECOMMEND RESOLVING THE SELF-DISCLOSURE THROUGH ISSUANCE OF A NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE AND NOT ASSESSING A CIVIL PENALTY AGAINST PENNZOIL-QUAKER STATE FOR THE DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS.

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