# FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION - TEXAS
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1987 · — · Voluntarily Dismissed After Filing
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34245`
- **Case Number:** 06-1987-0219
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Voluntarily Dismissed After Filing
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION - TEXAS
## Summary

FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION IS A MANUFACTURER OF POLYVINYL  CHLORIDE.  THE FACILITY TREATS & STORES SEVERAL LISTED HAZ   WASTES.  THESE WASTES INCLUDE DISTILLATION ENDS, ETHYLENE    DICHLORIDE, AND VINYL CHLORIDE.                              *                                                            FORMOSA STORES AND TREATS HAZ WASTE IN TANKS AND SUFACE      IMPOUNDMENTS.  LOCATED AT THE FACILITY ARE TWO STORAGE       TANKS USED TO STORE DISTILLATION ENDS AND 13 UNITS, WHICH    MEET THE DEFINITION OF A SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT, THAT ARE       USED TO TREAT AND STORE HAZ WASTE.                           *                                                            FORMOSA WAS REFERRED TO EPA ON JULY 3, 1986.                 *                                                            THE FACILITY WAS INSPECTED BY TWC ON JULY 9-10, DEC 4, 1985, AND FEB 26, 1986.                                            *                                                            THE FACILITY WAS ISSUED TWO LETTERS ON AUG 21, 1986 AND FEB  19, 1887.                                                    THE FACILITY WAS INSPECTED BY EPA ON APRIL 22-23, 1987.      *                                                            VIOLATIONS FOUND IN ONE OR MORE OF THE INSPECTIONS AND/OR IN THE RESPONSE TO THE 3007 LETTERS INCLUDE:  OPERATING W/O     A PERMIT, FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT A GROUNDWATER MONITORING      PROGRAM, NO CLOSURE PLAN, AND FAILURE TO DEMONSTRATE FINAN-  CIAL ASSURANCE AND LIABILITYREQUIREM

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