EPA v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON

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. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON FACILITIES: 1. PLANT 1 600 EAST HURST BOULEVARD HURST, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS 76053 2. PLANT 5 1700 N. HIGHWAY 360 GRAND PRAIRIE, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 75050 3. RESPONDENT, PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL EPCRA 313 REPORTING VIOLA- TIONS AT TWO FACILITIES. AN AUDIT DISCOVERED VIOLATIONS OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS HAD OCCURRED AT PLANT 1 AND PLANT 5 WITH RESPECT TO THE OMISSION FROM PREVIOUSLY FILED FORM R REPORTS AND OMISSION OF FORM A REPORTS OF INFORMATION RELATING TO THE QUANTITY OF COMPONENT METALS (I.E. CHROMIUM, NICKEL, COPPER, LEAD AND MANGANESE) IN THE ALLOY (I.E. STAINLESS STEEL) PROCESSED AT PLANT 1 AND 5. IN ORDER TO CORRECT THESE OVERSIGHTS, ON MAY 13, 1999, BELL FILED AMENDED AND ADDITIONAL FORM R AND FORM REPORTS FOR BOTH PLANT 1 AND 5 FOR THE YEARS 1993 THROUGH 1997. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO EPA'S SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATIONS, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFI- CATIONS TO THE SLEF-POLICING POLICY, AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRONNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON

  600 E HURST BLVD, HURST, TX, 76053

  Registry ID: 110000619698

• BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INCORPORATED PLANT 5

  1700 N. HWY. 360, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX, 75050

  Registry ID: 110000598700

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• BELL HELICOPTER'S PLANT 1 AND PLANT 5

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1999-05-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-05-17Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2000-02-03Enforcement Action Closed