EPA v. TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (REG 3 - 33 FACILITIES) (National Case)

Case summary

The national grocery store chain Trader Joe?s Company has agreed to reduce emissions of potent greenhouse gases from refrigeration equipment at 453 of its stores under a proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and EPA to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. Under the settlement, Trader Joe?s will spend an estimated $2 million over the next three years to reduce coolant leaks from refrigerators and other equipment and improve company-wide compliance. The total estimated greenhouse gas emissions reductions from this settlement are equal to the amount from over 6,500 passenger vehicles driven in one year, the CO2 emissions from 33 million pounds of coal burned, or the carbon sequestered by 25,000 acres of forests in one year. The company will also pay a $500,000 civil penalty.

Defendants (1)

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (33)

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (CENTREVILLE, VA)

  14100 LEE HIGHWAY, CENTREVILLE, VA, 20120

  Registry ID: 110069493685

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (STATE COLLEGE, PA)

  243 PATRIOT LANE, STATE COLLEGE, PA, 16803

  Registry ID: 110069494265

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (TOWSON, MD)

  1 E JOPPA ROAD, TOWSON, MD, 21286

  Registry ID: 110069494345

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (BETHESDA)

  6831 WISCONSIN AVENUE, BETHESDA, MD, 20815

  Registry ID: 110069493729

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (PHILADELPHIA, PA)

  2121 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19103

  Registry ID: 110069493596

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (ELKDRIGE, MD)

  6610 MARIE CURIE DRIVE, ELKRIDGE, MD, 21075

  Registry ID: 110069493738

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (NORTH WALES)

  1430 BETHLEHEM PIKE, NORTH WALES, PA, 19454

  Registry ID: 110069493319

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (MEDIA, PA)

  12 EAST STATE STREET, MEDIA, PA, 19063

  Registry ID: 110069494372

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (WASHINGTON RD, PITTSBURGH, PA)

  1630 WASHINGTON RD, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15241

  Registry ID: 110069494256

• TRADER JOE'S (ANNAPOLIS, MD)

  160 F JENNIFER ROAD, ANNAPOLIS, MD, 21401

  Registry ID: 110069494032

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (GAITHERSBURG)

  18270 CONTOUR ROAD, GAITHERSBURG, MD, 20877

  Registry ID: 110069493747

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (SPRINGFIELD, VA)

  6394 SPRINGFIELD PLAZA, SPRINGFIELD, VA, 22150

  Registry ID: 110069493881

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (ROCKVILLE, MD)

  12268 ROCKVILLE PIKE, ROCKVILLE, MD, 20852

  Registry ID: 110069494327

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (FAIRFAX, VA)

  9464 MAIN STREET, FAIRFAX, VA, 22031

  Registry ID: 110069493710

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (FALLS CHURCH, VA)

  7514 LEESBURG TURNPIKE, FALLS CHURCH, VA, 22043

  Registry ID: 110069493765

• …and 18 more

Statutes cited

• CAA 608 — National Recycling & Emission Reduction Program

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• TRADER JOE'S COMPANY (REG 3 - 33 FACILITIES) (National Case)entered 2016-12-15

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $36,424

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 2014-07-11Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2014-07-23Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2016-06-21Final Order Lodged
• 2016-06-21Complaint Filed With Court
• 2016-12-15Concluded
• 2016-12-15Final Order Entered