EPA v. FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM

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. STAR-TELEGRAM 685 JOHN B. SIAS MEMORIAL PARKWAY FORT WORTH, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS 76134 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 311 AND 312 OF EPCRA BY: 1) FAILING TO PROVIDE A MATERIAL DATA SHEET (MSDS) FOR INKS; AND 2) FAILING TO INCLUDE INKS IN ITS ANNUAL TIER II CHEMICAL INVENTORY REPORTING. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION, AND ITS PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFI- CATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WII SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAMNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• STAR-TELEGRAM

  685 JOHN B. SIAS MEMORIAL PKY, FORT WORTH, TX, 76134

  Registry ID: 110010660356

• STAR-TELEGRAM

  685 JOHN B. SIAS MEMORIAL PKY, FORT WORTH, TX, 76134

  Registry ID: 110010660356

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 312 — Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
• EPCRA 311 — Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAMentered 2010-06-16

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2000-10-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2000-10-31Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-06-16Final Order Issued
• 2010-06-16Enforcement Action Closed