EPA v. UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE, INC. - LAREDO

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. UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE 1602 ISLAND LAREDO, WEBB COUNTY, TEXAS 78041-3045 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA. AFTER AN INVESTIGATION, THE RESPONDENT DISCOVERED IT HAD FAILED TO FILE A FORM R FOR AMMONIA FOR THE YEAR 1989. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO SEEK GRAV- ITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT AFTER A REVIEW OF THE RESPOND- ENT'S DISCOVERY, VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION, AND ITS PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY.

Defendants (1)

• UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• U S COLD STORAGE LAREDO III

  1602 ISLAND STREET, LAREDO, TX, 78041

  Registry ID: 110000502206

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE, INC.entered 1998-05-06

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1998-03-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-04-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-05-06Enforcement Action Closed
• 1998-05-06Final Order Issued