EPA v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE

Case summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, ( INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLO- SURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE 4200 DEEN ROAD FORTH WORTH, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS 76101 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSES VIOLATIONS OF THE MANIFEST REGULATIONS UNDER SECTION 3003 OF RCRA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL, AFTER REVIEW OF THE VIOLATIONS DISCLOSED, CORRECT- ION, ELIMINATION, AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, ISSUE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO AS- SESS ANY GRAVITY-BASED PENALTY OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FENamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD

  4200 DEEN RD, FORT WORTH, TX, 76106

  Registry ID: 110000895611

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3003 — Standards Applicable to Transporters of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FEentered 1997-08-06

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1997-05-08Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-05-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1997-08-06Enforcement Action Closed
• 1997-08-06Final Order Issued