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KOCH HYDROCABON COMPANY, A DIV. OF KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC.

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Source Agrees · 38163

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Case

Case Number
06-1998-0469
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Source Agrees
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
Y

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLO- SURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. KOCH HYDROCARBON COMPANY, A DIV. OF KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. FACILITY: MONT BELVIEU FRACTIONATORS 9500 FM 1942 MONT BELVIEU, CHAMBERS COUNTY, TEXAS 77580 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA. THE POSS- IBLE VIOLATION WAS WHETHER STORM WATER RUNOFF PORTION OF OUTFALL 002 HAS CAUSED, OR WILL CAUSE, THE FACILITY TO EXCEED ITS AVERAGR DAILY FLOW LIMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA, AFTER A REVIEW OF THE RESPONDENT'S DISCOVERY, VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VILATION, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, WILL MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

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