GE Oil & Gas/Lufkin's disclosures were made pursuant to EPA's Incentives for Self-Policing: Discovery, Disclosure, Correction and Prevention of Violations ( Audit Policy ), 65 Fed. Reg. 19,618 (April 11, 2000), and its Interim Approach to Applying the Audit Policy to New Owners ( Interim Approach ), 73 Fed. Reg. 44,991 (August 1, 2008).
On March 10, 2014, GE Oil & Gas, on behalf of itself and Lufkin, disclosed that it had failed to meet certain requirements of the CAA Section 603, 42. U.S.C. ? 7671b and the regulations found at:
1) 40 C.F.R. Parts 82.162, requiring certification to the EPA that recycling and recovery equipment has been acquired and is in use;
2) 40 C.F.R. Part 82.156(i), requiring facilities to maintain records demonstrating compliance with leak rate calculation, repair, and follow-up leak verification testing;
3) 40 C.F.R. 82.166(o), requiring additional record-keeping relating to leak detection, equipment repair and/or retirement, and
4) 40 C.F.R. 82.156(i)(5), requiring maintenance of records demonstrating compliance with leak rate calculation and repair requirements for comfort cooling units.