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WEST TEXAS WIND ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Source Agrees · 39654

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Case

Case Number
06-2000-0027
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. WEST TEXAS WIND ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. IN UPTON COUNTY MC CAMEY, UPTON COUNTY, TEXAS 79752 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY FAILING TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT ( NOI ) FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION OF A WIND TURBINE FACILITY NEAR MC CAMEY, TEXAS, DISCOVERED THROUGH ITS OWN INTERNAL PROCEDURES. AN NOI WAS SUBMITTED ON MAY 27, 1999 AND A STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDEN'S DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, COR- RECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATION, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFI- TION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

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