EPA v. CAPITOL MANUFACTURING, A HARSCO COMPANY (CAMCO)

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. CAPITOL MANUFACTURING, A HARSCO COMPANY CAMCO 1125 CAPITOL ROAD CROWLEY, ACADIA PARISH, LOUISIANA 70526 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-DISCLOSURE POLICY, DISCLOSED REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA. THE RE- SPONDENT FAILED TO REPORT CERTAIN CHEMICALS ABOVE THRESH- HOLD LIMITS FOR REPORTING IN ANNUAL TOXIC RELEASE INVEN- TORY (TRI) REPORTS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• CAPITOL MANUFACTURING (CAMCO)Named in settlement

Facilities (2)

• CAPITOL MANUFACTURING COMPANY

  1125 CAPITOL AVENUE, CROWLEY, LA, 70526

  Registry ID: 110000449346

• CAPITOL MANUFACTURING COMPANY

  1125 CAPITOL AVENUE, CROWLEY, LA, 70526

  Registry ID: 110000449346

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CAPITOL MANUFACTURING - CROWLEY PLANT

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1999-07-01Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-07-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2000-02-03Enforcement Action Closed