EPA v. MELROSE DUPLEXES

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. MELROSE DUPLEXES 1900 MELROSE STREET ARLINGTON, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS 76000 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 1018, TITLE 10, DISCLOSURE REQUIRE- MENTS UNDER THE FEDERAL LEAD-BASED PAINT PROGRAM. THE RE- SPONDENT FAILED TO MAKE THE REQUIRED DISCLOSURE TO TEN- ANTS OF THE DUPLEXES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND 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)

• MELROSE DUPLEXESNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MELROSE DUPLEXES

  1900 MELROSE ST, ARLINGTON, TX, 76000

  Registry ID: 110010782019

Statutes cited

• TSCA 5 — Manufacturing and Processing Notices

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MELROSE DUPLEXESentered 2002-01-16

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1999-07-02Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-08-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-01-16Final Order Issued
• 2002-01-16Enforcement Action Closed