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TXU PIPELINE SERVICES

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Source Agrees · 39344

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Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1999-0680
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, DISCLOS- URE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION . 2. TXU PIPELINE SERVICES FACILITIES: 1. 1501 CORSICANA AVENUE ABILENE, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS 79605 2. 1449 S. TREADWAY BOULEVARD ABILENE, TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS 79602 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED AL- LEGED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA. THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS WERE VIOLATIONS OF THE MINIMUM SAFETY STAND- ARDS OF ITS GENERAL PERMIT THAT INCLUDED OVERGROWTH OF UNDERBRUSH AND TREES SUCH THAT THE SURFACE CONDITIONS ON AND ADJACENT TO THE TRANSMISSION LINE ROW WERE NOT OB- SERVABLE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATIONS TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT, AFTER A REVIEW OF THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND REMEDIA- TION, AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS.

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