EPA v. LARM (LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL MANAGEMENT)

Case summary

1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOS-M URE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. LARM (LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL MANAGEMENT) MBT COLUMBIA, MBT CHILE, MBT MEXICO, MBT PERU, AND RETSAM, INC. 3. RESPONDENTS DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF THE EXPORT NOTIFICA- TION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 12(B) OF TSCA BY FAILING TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF SEVEN CHEMICALS THAT WERE EXPORTED TO THE EPA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE 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 (5)

• MBT CHILENamed in settlement
• MBT COLUMBIANamed in settlement
• MBT MEXICONamed in settlement
• MBT PERUNamed in settlement
• RETSAM, INC.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LARM (LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL MANAGEMENT)

  IN HARRIS COUNTY, HOUSTON, TX, 77053

  Registry ID: 110010793999

Statutes cited

• TSCA 12 — Exports

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL MANAGEMENT (LARM)entered 2001-12-04

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2000-12-21Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-01-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-12-04Final Order Issued
• 2001-12-04Compliance Achieved
• 2001-12-04Enforcement Action Closed