EPA v. INTERNATIONAL WIRE

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. INTERNATIONAL WIRE FACILITIES: 1. INTERNATIONAL WIRE GROUP'S INSULATED DI- VISION: INTERNATIONAL WIRE RAILROAD 10535 RAILROAD DRIVE EL PASO, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS 79924 2. INTERNATIONAL WIRE INGLEWOOD 201 INGLEWOOD ROAD EL PASO, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS 79927 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA AND ITS STORM WATER PERMIT AT ITS TWO EL PASO FACILITIES. THE RESPONDENT DIS- CLOSED THAT ITS FACILITY PERSONNEL HAD NOT GATHERED AND TESTED STORM WATER SAMPLES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS ESTABLISHED BY EPA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DOSCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND ITS PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY AND MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• INTERNATIONAL WIRENamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• INTERNATIONAL WIRE INGLEWOOD

  201 INGLEWOOD RD., EL PASO, TX, 79927

  Registry ID: 110000746569

• INTERNATIONAL WIRE GROUP 10/16/2006

  10535 RAILROAD DR., EL PASO, TX, 79924

  Registry ID: 110000466326

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• INTERNATIONAL WIREentered 2002-03-29

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1999-10-09Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-10-12Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-03-29Final Order Issued
• 2002-03-29Compliance Achieved
• 2002-03-29Enforcement Action Closed