EPA v. STARKIST CARIBE, INC.

Case summary

FACILITY FILED LATE NOTICE OF INTENT UNDER MSGP. ****** ON MAY 23, 2000, EPA STAFF PERFORMED A COMPLAINCE EVAULATION INSPECTION ( CEI ) OF THE FACILITY. THE RESULTS OF THE CEI REVEALED THAT RESPONDENT DID NOT HAVE OCVERAGE UNDER THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM ( NPDES ) MULTI SECTOR GENERAL PERMIT ( MSGP ) FOR ITS STORM WATER DISCHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES TO THE MAYAGUEZ BAY. EPA ISSUED A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE RESPONDENT DATED MARACH 9, 2001, ALLEGING RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) AND 308(A) OF THE ACT, 33 U.S.C. 1311(A) AND 1318(A), RESPECTIVELY, FOR: ITS FAILURE TO SEEK NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE FOR ITS FACILITY'S STORM WATER DISCHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY BY THE DECEMBER 29, 1998 DEADLINE ESTABLISHED IN THE MSGP, AND ITS STORM WATER DISCHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY WITHOUT AN NPDES PERMIT FROM DECEMBER 30, 1998 TO AUGUST 18, 2000.

Defendants (1)

• STARKIST CARIBE, INC.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• STARKIST CARIBE, INC.

  STATE RD 341, KM 5.8 MELECON WARD, MAYAGUEZ, PR, 00681

  Registry ID: 110000307766

Statutes cited

• CWA 308 — Information Request, Records, Entry
• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• STARKIST CARIBE, INC.entered 2002-01-28

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $58,500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2001-03-09Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-03-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-01-28Final Order Issued
• 2002-01-28Enforcement Action Closed