EPA v. NOVARTIS CROP PROTECTION, 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. NOVARTIS CROP PROTECTION, INC. P.O. BOX 11 ST. GABRIEL, IBERVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA 70776 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 3005 OF RCRA BY FAILING TO MEET THE EXEMPTIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE WITH- OUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT DISCOVERY OF VIOLATION, DIS- CLOSUE, CORRECTION, PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION IF THE RE- SPONDENT MEETS THE QUAILIFACTIONS FOR THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND WHETHER TO SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• NOVARTIS CROP PROTECTION, INC.Named in settlement

Facilities (16)

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• NOVARTIS CORP PROTECTION INC

  4200 GEIGY ACCESS RD, SAINT GABRIEL, LA, 70776

  Registry ID: 110000449881

• …and 1 more

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3005 — Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NOVARTIS CROP PROTECTION

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1999-02-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-02-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-07-01Enforcement Action Closed