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KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Withdrawn by Region/State · 39423

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1999-0759
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Withdrawn by Region/State
Multimedia
Y
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. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION - ALUMINA DIGEST- ION AREA 1111 AIRLINE HIGHWAY GRAMERCY, SAINT JAMES PARISH, LOUISIANA 70052 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 111 OF THE CAA AND SECTION 203 OF TSCA BY THE RELEASE OF 1,000 LBS. OR MORE OF SO- DIUM HYDROXIDE AND AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF FRIABLE ASBES- TOS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AS A RESULT OF AN EXPLOSION THAT OCCURRED ON JUL. 5, 1999 AT THE ALUMINA DIGESTION AREA OF THE FACILITY. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF VIOLATION AND MAKE A DETER- MINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

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