# OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP. (ADDIS)
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33746`
- **Case Number:** 06-1983-0003
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $75K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                        OCCIDENTAL OWNS AND OPERATES A POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PLANT IN ADDIS, LOUISIANA.  THE PLANT BEGAN OPERATION IN LATE 1979    UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF FIRESTONE, WHICH SOLD IT TO HOOKER    CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS CORP ON 10/30/80.  HOOKER SUBSEQUENT- LY CHANGED ITS NAME TO OCCIDENTAL.                                CAUSE OF ACTION                                           40 CFR SECTION 61.65(A) PROHIBITS THE DISCHARGE OF VINYL   CHLORIDE TO THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH A RELIEF VALVE, EXCEPT IN EMERGENCIES.  DURING THE PERIOD FIRESTONE OWNED THE PLANT,   THERE WERE 23 DISCHARGES, 21 OF WHICH REGION VI HAS DETER-   MINED TO BE PREVENTABLE AND THEREFORE VIOLATIONS OF SECTION  61.65(A).  ADDITIONALLY, FIRESTONE FAILED TO REPORT THESE    DISCHARGES WITHIN THE REQUIRED TEN DAY PERIOD, BUT INSTEAD   REPORTED ALL OF THEM ON 9/22/81, AFTER THE COMPANY HAD SOLD  THE PLANT.                                                     SINCE OCCIDENTAL PURCHASED THE PLANT, THERE HAVE BEEN TEN  DISCHARGES, NINE OF WHICH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE VIOLATIONS OF THE RELIEF VALVE DISHCARGE STANDARD.  OCCIDENTAL REPORTED    TWO OF THESE DISCHARGES LATE.                                     PROPOSED REMEDY                                           REGION VI IS SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AGAINST OCCIDENTAL  FOR IMPROVED OPERATOR TRAINING AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE  PROCEDURES.  THE REGION HAS ALSO PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY    SETTLEMENT FIGURE OF $196,740 FOR FIRESTO

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