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WESTLAKE VINYLS, INC.

Administrative - Formal · FY2020 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3602213353

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Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-2020-0601
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (1)

Summary

6/5/2020 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $41,070 (CERCLA VIOLATION $20,535 AND EPCRA VIOLATION - $20,535). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE NOVEMBER 16, 2018 RELEASE OF VINYL CHLORIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE NOVEMBER 16, 2018 RELEASE OF VINYL CHLORIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

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