EPA v. MACARTHUR DRIVE SERVICE CENTER, INC.

Case summary

1. SECTION 113(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 7413(A)(3). 2. MACARTHUR DRIVE SERVICE CENTER, INC. 1300 MACARTHUR DRIVE ALEXANDRIA, DE SOTO PARISH, LOUISIANA 71315 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 609 OF THE CAA BY PERFORMING SERVICE AND/OR REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONERS (MVACS) INVOLVING R-134A WITHOUT THE STATU- TORILY REQUIRED RECYCLING EQUIPMENT FOR R-134A AT THE FACILITY. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 113(A)(3) OF THE CAA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER (ACO) TO THE RESPONDENT. THE ACO ORDERS THAT: 1) WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ACO, RESPONDENT SHALL NOT EN- GAGE IN ANY OF THE REPAIR AND/OR SERVICE ACTIVITIES IN- VOLVING ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANTS WHICH ARE COVERED BY SECTION 609 UNLESS AND UNTIL RESPONDENT COMPLIES WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS, AND 2) BY MAY 30, 1998, RESPON- DENT SHALL DEMONSTRATE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 609 IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: A) RESPONDENT SHALL PURCHASE APPROVED RECYCLING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED, PROVIDE EPA WITH WRITTEN CERTIFICATION THAT IT HAS PURCHASED THE REQUIRED EQUIPMENT, AND A STATEMENT VERIFYING THAT THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY AND IS FUN- CTIONING PROPERLY; OR B) PROVIDE EPA A SWORN STATEMENT WHICH DETAILS ANY AGREEMENT BETWEEN RESPONDENT AND A- NOTHER TO HAVE A MOBILE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING UNIT COME TO ITS FACILITY TO BE UTILIZED WHENEVER RESPONDENT PER- FORMS ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES INVOLVING R-134A, A SWORN STATEMENT CERTIFYING THAT THE WORK INVOLVING R-134A WILL BE PERFORMED BY A PROPERLY CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN, AND VERIFICATION THAT THE MOBILE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING E- QUIPMENT IN THE AGREEMENT IS APPROVED FOR R-134A; OR C) PROVIDE EPA A SWORN STATEMENT WHICH DETAILS ANY AGREEMENT BETWEEN RESPONDENT AND ANOTHER TO BRING AUTOMOBILES TO A FACILITY WITH A MOBILE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING UNIT WHEN- EVER RESPONDENT PERFORMS ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES INVOLVING R-134A; OR D) IF RESPONDENT DOES NOT CHOSE TO PURCHASE THE REQUIRED EQUIPMENT, THEN IT WILL SUBMIT A SWORN STATEMENT TO EPA THAT IT WILL NOT ENGAGE IN ANY OF THE REPAIR AND/OR SERVICE ACTIVITIES INVOLVING R-134A.

Defendants (1)

• MACARTHUR DRIVE SERVICE CENTER, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MACARTHUR DR EXXON

  1300 MACARTHUR DR, ALEXANDRIA, LA, 71301

  Registry ID: 110003298057

Statutes cited

• CAA SUBCHP6 — Clean Air Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MACARTHUR DRIVE SERVICE CENTER, INC.entered 1998-03-20

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1998-03-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-03-20Final Order Issued
• 1998-03-24Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2009-08-06Enforcement Action Closed