SUBJECT: * ISSUANCE OF A COMPLAINANT, COMPLIANCE ORDER AND NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING TO TEXAS ALKYLS, INC. * BACRKGROUND: * ON JULY 1, 1986, THIS CASE WAS REFERRED TO EPA BY THE TEXAS WATER COMMISSION FOR POSSIBLE ENFORCEMENT ACTION FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR SUDDEN ACCIDEN- TAL OCCURRENCES ARISING FROM OPERATIONS AT FACILITY INVOL- VING HAZARDOUS WASTE. * TEXAS ALKYLS, INC. IS A BUSINESS THAT MANUFACTURES SULFURIC ACID, BONE CHAR AND ALUMINUM SULFATE AT ITS FACILITY LOCATED AT 730 BATTLEGROUND, DEER PART, TX. * ON JUNE 20, 1986, AN EMPLOYEE OF TWC CONDUCTED A RECORD REVIEW AT TEXAS ALKYLS, INC., THE RECORD REVIEW REVEALED THAT TEXAS ALKYLS, INC. DID NOT DEMONSTRATE FINANCIAL RESPON SIBILITY FOR BODILY INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THIRD PARTIES CAUSED BY SUDDEN ACCIDENTAL OCCURRENCES ARISING FROM OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITY. THE FOLLOWING VIOLATION WAS NOTED: *