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WITCO CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Source Agrees · 38063

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Case

Case Number
06-1998-0369
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Source Agrees
Multimedia
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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. WITCO CORPORATION 15200 ALMEDA ROAD HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77053-5296 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA 313. THE RESPONDENT DISCLOSED IT HAD DISCOVERED THAT THE PLANT'S TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI) REPORTS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS MAY HAVE OMITTED SOME SOURCES OF METHANOL, ETHYLENE OXIDE, PROPYLENE OXIDE AND PERHAPS OTHER COMPOUNDS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAV- ITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT AFTER REVIEWING THE RESPOND- ENT'S DISCOVERY, DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF VIOLATION.

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