# OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36430`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0128
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $4K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $1K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 109 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE,     COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), AS AMENDED,      42 U.S.C. SECTION 9609.                                   2. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION                              P.O. BOX 74                                                  HAHNVILLE, ST. CHARLES PARISH, LOUISIANA 70057            3. RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SEC-    TION 103(A) OF CERCLA BY FAILING TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE    NRC IMMEDIATELY AFTER HAVING KNOWLEDGE THAT A RELEASE OF     SODIUM HYDROXIDE IN EXCESS OF THE RQ HAD OCCURRED FROM       THE FACILITY ON DEC. 18, 1995.                            4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 109 OF CERCLA, EPA PRO-    POSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $16,500.

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