1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLO- SURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. STERLING CHEMICALS, INC. 201 BAY STREET TEXAS CITY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77590 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SLEF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED TWO VIOLATION OF OF SECTION 3005 OF RCRA BY FAILING TO MEET THE EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS OF 90-DAY OR LESS STOR- AGE WITHOUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, COR- RECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION TO SEE IF THE RESPONDENT QUALIFIES FOR THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.