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GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY - 40-ACRE FACILITY

Administrative - Formal · FY2002 · — · Source Agrees · 42089

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Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-2002-4133
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. GULF COAST WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY MALONE ROAD TEXAS CITY, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS 77590 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(A) OF CERCLA BY FAILING TO PROVIDE NOTICE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RELEASE OF METHANOL EMISSIONS ABOVE THE RQ. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFI- CATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

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