EPA v. SOUTHWEST DRIED PRODUCTS

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. SOUTHWEST DRIED PRODUCTS 4400 S. HOBBS HIGHWAY (P.O. BOX 69) LOVINGTON, LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 88260 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA 313 BY FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR NITRATE COMPOUNDS FOR CAL- ENDAR YEAR S 1995, 1996, 1997, AND 1998. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATIONS, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALFICA- TION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• SOTHWEST DRIED PRODUCTSNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SOUTHWEST DRIED PRODUCTS

  4400 S. HOBBS HWY., LOVINGTON, NM, 88260

  Registry ID: 110000472676

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SOUTHWEST DRIED PRODUCTSentered 2001-05-30

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2000-02-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-01-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-05-30Final Order Issued
• 2001-05-30Compliance Achieved
• 2001-05-30Enforcement Action Closed