EPA v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

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. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2025 WEST BELT LINE ROAD CARROLLTON, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 75006 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, REPORTED A POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF SECTION 6 OF TSCA. THE RESPONDENT DISCOVERED A PCB FILLED TRANSFORMER CONTAINED WITHIN A GENERATOR ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT HAD BEEN SHIPPED TO ITS CARROLLTON, TEXAS REPAIR FACILITY. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND WILL 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)

• GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• GE CO

  2025 W BELT LINE RD, CARROLLTON, TX, 75006

  Registry ID: 110010747219

Statutes cited

• TSCA 6 — Regulation of Hazardous Chemical Substances and Mixtures (includes Asbestos and PCBs)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYentered 2002-02-25

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1999-08-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-08-06Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-02-25Final Order Issued
• 2002-02-25Enforcement Action Closed