EPA v. TENNECO PACKAGING, INC.

Case summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLO- SURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. TENNECO PACKAGING, INC. 1001 113TH STREET ARLINGTON, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS 76011 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF THE NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STAND- ARDS UNDER SECTION 111 OF THE CAA. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT SUBMIT THE STARTUP NOTIFICATION FOR ITS NEW BOILER AT THE ARLINGTON, TEXAS FACILITY. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCOVERY OF VIOLATION, PROMPT DISCLOSURE, CORRECT AND REMEDIATION, AND PREVENT- ION OF RECURENCE, AND MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION IF THE RESPONDENT QUALIFIES FOR THE THE SELF-DISCLOSURE POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• TENNECO PACKAGING, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA

  1001 113TH ST., ARLINGTON, TX, 76011

  Registry ID: 110002132479

Statutes cited

• CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• TENNECO PACKAGING, INC.entered 1999-12-02

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1998-12-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-01-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-12-02Enforcement Action Closed
• 1999-12-02Final Order Issued