EPA v. OWENS CORNING

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. OWEN CORNING, AN OHIO CORPORATION 1701 HOLLYWOOD ROAD AMARILLO, POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS 79121 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATINS OF EPCRA SECTION 313. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO REPORT HYDROGEN FLUORIDE TO EPA ON ITS TRI REPORT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING PLICY, 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)

• OWENS CORNINGNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OWENS CORNING

  1701 HOLLYWOOD RD., AMARILLO, TX, 791108000

  Registry ID: 110000465773

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• OWENS CORNINGentered 1998-02-03

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1996-08-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-07-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-02-03Enforcement Action Closed
• 1998-02-03Final Order Issued