EPA v. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

Case summary

1/31/13 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED. FINDINGS OF FACT - BY WAY OF SEPT 29, 2008 LETTER, WAKE FOREST NOTIFIED BY EPA OF DISCOVERED VIOLATIONS OF THE CAA, EPCRA, CWA, OPA, RCRA, TSCA. THE VIOLATIONS WERE CORRECTED BY NOV 29, 2008, WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE UNIVERSITY'S DISCLOSURE. NONE OF THE VIOLATIONS DISCOVERED ARE REPEAT VIOLATIONS. ADDITIONALLY NONE OF THE VIOLATIONS RESULTED IN SERIOUS HARM NOR DID THEY PRESENT AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT. FINALLY WAKE FOREST HAS TAKEN STEPS TO PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS AND HAS COOPERATED FULLY WITH THE EPA.

Defendants (1)

• WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

  1834 WINGATE ROAD, WINSTON SALEM, NC, 27109

  Registry ID: 110018784403

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 312 — Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
• TSCA 409 — Lead: Violation of Section 1018
• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
• CAA 110 — Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYentered 2013-01-31

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2013-01-31Final Order Issued
• 2013-01-31Enforcement Action Closed
• 2013-04-04Enforcement Action Data Entered