# HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `38009`
- **Case Number:** 06-1998-0315
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 3008(A) OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY    ACT ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6928(A).                  2. HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION         1901 CLARKWOOD ROAD                                          CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS 78409                3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE C OF RCRA BY 1)      FAILING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SOLID WASTE IN THE NORTH    CONTAINER STORAGE AREA WAS A HAZARDOUS WASTE, AND 2) OP-     ERATING A HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE UNIT WITHOUT INTERIM       STATUS OR PERMIT BY FAILING TO MEET THE EXEMPTION RE-        QUIREMENTS.                                               4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008(A) OF RCRA, EPA       PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $10,250 AND ISSUED A COMPLI-     ANCE ORDER TO THE RESPONDENT. THE ORDER REQUIRES THE RE-     SPONDENT TO: 1) IMMEDIATELY CEASE THE UNAUTHORIZED STOR-     AGE OF HAZ. WASTE IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPLAINT, 2) WITHIN     30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE OF THE ORDER, REMOVE, TRANSPORT,    AND DISPOSE OF THE HAZ. WASTE DISCOVERED DURING THE IN-      SPECTION, 3) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ORDER, SUBMIT TO EPA      AND TRNCC A PLAN DOCUMENTING ALL HAZ. WASTE IN CONTAINERS    WILL BE ACCUMULATED ON-SITE FOR 90-DAY OR LESS WITHOUT A     PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS AND THAT THE WASTE PLACED IN        CONTAINERS COMPLIES WITH THE EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS, AND     4) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE ORDER, HAVE ON-SITE A COPY OF       ALL MANIFESTS, LAND DISPOSAL REST

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