# LYONDELL PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36454`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0152
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $41K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $25K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LYONDELL PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 3008 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY       ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6901 ET SEQ.              2. LYONDELL PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY                               12000 LAWNDALE BLVD.                                         HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77253                       3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE C OF RCRA BY 1)      TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY, LABEL, AND DATE ALL DRUMS AS  HAZ-     ARDOUS WASTE , 2) FAILING TO TEST THE WASTES IN THE          DRUMS MARKED  UNKNOWN  AND THE DRUMS NOT MARKED AT ALL IN    A TIMELY MANNER, 3) FAILING TO LABEL OR OTHERWISE MARK OR    IDENTIFY HAZARDOUS WASTE THAT WAS BEING STORED PRIOR TO      OFF-SITE TRANSPORTATION, 4) FAILING TO ADEQUATELY POST       WARNING SIGNS OR OTHER NOTIFICATIONS TO PREVENT PERSONNEL    FROM ENTERING AN ACTIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT AREA      OF THE FACILITY, 5) BY NOT COMPLETING REPAIRS TO THE DAM-    AGED AREA AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST IMPOUNDMENT    BASIN IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULA-     TIONS, 6) FAILING TO ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE REG-    ULATIONS FOR EACH HAZARSOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT UNIT, IN-       CLUDING THE TIME REQUIRED FOR INTERVENING CLOSURE ACTIVI-    TIES FOR TRACKING PURPOSES, AND FOR TOTAL CLOSURE OF THE     FACILITY, AND FAILING TO RESPOND TIMELY TO INDICATIONS OF    SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN HAZARDOUS CONCENTRATIONS AND/OR     CONSTITUENTS, (OR PH DECREASES), IN THE GROUND-WATER.     4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION

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