EPA v. WILKES UNIVERSITY

Case summary

SELF DISCLOSURE - ON JUNE 23, 2008, EPA ISSUED A NOTICE OF DTERMINATION ( NOD )BASED ON SELF-DISCLOSURES PROVIDED BY WILKES UNIVERSITY PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF PENNSYLVANIA ( AICKP ) AND EPA DATED MARCH 24, 2004, REGARDING VIOLATIONS OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ), THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ) AND THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT ( TSCA ), AT WILKES UNIVERSITY AND FOUR TARGET HOUSING UNITS, LOCATED IN WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA. THE TOTAL GRAVITY-BASED CIVIL PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATIONS WOULD BE $103,158.00. SINCE WILKES UNIVERSITY SATISFIED ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF EPA'S SELF-DISCLOSURE POLICY AND THE AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC BENEFIT GAINED WAS INSIGNIFICANT, EPA WAIVED THE GRAVITY-BASED CIVIL PENALTY FOR THE DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS.

Defendants (1)

• WILKES UNIVERSITYNamed in settlement

Facilities (5)

• WILKES UNIVERSITY

  263 SOUTH RIVER STREET, WILKES-BARRE, PA, 18702

  Registry ID: 110037248975

• WILKES UNIVERSITY

  80 SOUTH RIVER STREET, WILKES-BARRE, PA, 18702

  Registry ID: 110037248868

• WILKES UNIVERSITY

  331 SOUTH RIVER STREET, WILKES-BARRE, PA, 18702

  Registry ID: 110037248895

• WILKES UNIVERSITY

  245 SOUTH RIVER STREET, WILKES-BARRE, PA, 18702

  Registry ID: 110037248886

• WILKES UNIVERSITY

  84 W. SOUTH STREET, WILKES-BARRE, CITY OF, PA, 18766

  Registry ID: 110028062423

Statutes cited

• TSCA 409 — Lead: Violation of Section 1018
• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
• CWA 311J — SPCC and/or Federal Response Plan Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• WILKES UNIVERSITYentered 2008-06-23

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2008-06-23Final Order Issued
• 2008-07-10Enforcement Action Data Entered