EPA v. EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY (HESS)

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. EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY 1000 SOUTH SECOND AVENUE PARAGOULD, GREENE COUNTY, ARKANSAS 72450-4316 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA. THE RSPONDENT FAILED TO REPORT THE USE OF TRIETHYLAMINE, WHICH EXCEEDED THE APPLICABLE REPORTING THRESHOLD, ON ITS 1995 FORM R SUB- MISSION. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL, AFTER REVIEW OF THE DISCLOSED VIOLATION, PROMPT DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND REMEDIATION, PREVENTION OF RE- CURRENCE, NO REPEAT VIOLATIONS, AND COOPERATION WITH EPA, ISSUE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY- BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY

  1000 S. SECOND AVE., PARAGOULD, AR, 72450

  Registry ID: 110000452536

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANYentered 1998-02-03

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

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