# OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP., KENTON
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1993 · — · EPA Did Not Pursue
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28478`
- **Case Number:** 05-1993-1210
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** EPA Did Not Pursue
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (complaint)
## Summary

THIS CASE INVOLVES A RCRA 3008(H) CORRECTIVE ACTION AT AN    OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP.  HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT         FACILITY IN KENTON, OHIO.  BASED UPON OHIO EPA AND U.S. EPA  HISTORICAL DATA, AND RECENT INSPECTIONAL FINDINGS,  U.S. EPA ASSESSED A PENALTY OF $42,000 BASED ONOCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL'S  RELEASE OF BAZARDOUS WASTE ELEMENTS (FROM ITS TREATMENT      FACILITY) INTO GROUNDWATER.  U.S. EPA  DEFERRED THE PAYMENT  OF THIS PENALTY IN RETURN FOR OCCIDENTAL CO-OPERATING IN AN  AOC OF OCTOBER 20, 1992.  OCCIDENTAL HAS AGREED TO TAKE PART IN THE CONSENT ORDER.                                        CURRENTLY, OCCIDENTAL HAS SUBMITTED A DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT CONDITIONS(DCC) THAT WAS APPROVED.  OCCIDENTAL'S INITIAL     WORK PLAN WAS DISAPPROVEDON JUNE 10, 1993.  OCCIDENTAL HAS   30 DAYS TO ADDRESS U.S. EPA'S COMMENTSAND REVISE ITS         WORKPLAN BEFORE A VIOLATION MAY BE DEEMED.

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