EPA v. Saint Norbert College (DePere) NOD

Case summary

The US EPA had calculated a civil penalty in the amount of $773,768. The civil penalties were assigned as follows: $45,060 to CAA; $78,060 to EPCRA; $570,277 to RCRA; $77,371 to TSCA and $3,000 to SPCC. EPA concluded that Saint Norbert College had met all of the criteria set forth in 65 Fed. Reg. 19618 (4/11/2000) as well as conditions set forth in the Audit Policy Agreement by and between the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5. As a result, EPA has mitigated the civil penalty by 100%. EPA has also concluded that St. Norbert College did not obtain a significant economic benefit from its tardy compliance and therefore will not seek to recover the economic benefit, if any, from Saint Norbert College.

Defendants (1)

• Saint Norbert College (DePere, WI)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• SAINT NORBERT COLLEGE

  100 GRANT STREET, DE PERE, WI, 54115

  Registry ID: 110026010180

• ST NORBERT COLLEGE

  THIRD ST, DEPERE, WI, 54115

  Registry ID: 110008233036

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
• CAA 502 — Operating Permits (Title V)
• CAA 114 — Record keeping, Inspection, Information Request
• CAA 112 — Hazardous Air Pollutants
• CWA 311J — SPCC and/or Federal Response Plan Violations
• EPCRA 312 — Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Saint Norbert College (DePere) NODentered 2012-01-31

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2012-01-31Final Order Issued
• 2012-02-02Enforcement Action Closed
• 2012-02-02Pipeline Closed
• 2012-02-03Enforcement Action Data Entered