EPA v. PARAMOUNT PACKAGING CORP., A BEMIS COMPANY (NOW BANNER)

Case summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOS- URE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. PARAMOUNT PACKAGING CORPORATION, OWNED BY BEMIS COMPANY, INC., UNDER THE BANNER DIVISION 800 JORDAN VALLEY ROAD LONGVIEW, GREGG COUNTY, TEXAS 75604 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA SECTION 313. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO REPORT N-PROPROXETHANOL TO EPA ON ITS TRI REPORT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL, AFTER ANALYSIS OF THE DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS, PROMPT DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND REMEDIATION, PREVENTION OF RE- CURRENCE, NO REPEAT VIOLATIONS, NO HARM, ENDANGERMENT, OR VIOLATION OF ORDERS, AND COOPERATION WITH EPA, ISSUE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PEN- ALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• PARAMOUNT PACKAGING CORPORATION (BANNER)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PARAMOUNT PACKAGING CORPORATION

  800 JORDAN VALLEY RD, LONGVIEW, TX, 75604

  Registry ID: 110000873948

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PARAMOUNT PACKAGING CORP. (BANNER)entered 1998-02-03

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1997-06-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-07-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-02-03Enforcement Action Closed
• 1998-02-03Final Order Issued