EPA v. RUSSELL STOVER

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. RUSSELL STOVER 1997 PECAN DELIGHT AVENUE CORSICANA, NAVARRO COUNTY, TEXAS 75110-9026 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 112R OF THE CAA BY FAILING TO TIME- LY SUBMIT A RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN (RPM); VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 3119J) OF THE CWA BY FAILING TO PREPARE A SPILL PREVENTION AND COUNTERMEASURE CONTROL PLAN (SPCC); AND VIOLATIONS OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO FILE A TIER II REPORT, FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, FOR FUEL STORAGE OIL AND SULFURIC ACID STORAGE, AND FAILING TO FILE A FORM R AT THE TIME IT INITIALLY CHARGED ITS AMMONIA REFRIGERATION SYSTEM IN 1998. 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)

• RUSSELL STOVER

Facilities (1)

• RUSSELL STOVER CANDIES INCORPORATED CORSICANA TX

  1997 PECAN DELIGHT AVE., CORSICANA, TX, 75151

  Registry ID: 110002052901

Statutes cited

• CWA 311J — SPCC and/or Federal Response Plan Violations
• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)
• CAA 112R — General Duty/Accidental Release

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2000-09-14Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2000-10-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-07-08Enforcement Action Closed