EPA v. LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION - CARTHAGE, TEXAS

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. LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORPORATION HIGHWAY 79 SOUTH, COUNTY ROAD 201 CARTHAGE, PANOLA PARISH, LOUISIANA 75633 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 6 OF TSCA BY THE IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF PCB-CONTAINING TRANSFORMERS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RCURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, AND PAST COM- PLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RE- SPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATIONNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORPORATION CARTHAGE OSB MILL

  1199 COUNTY RD. 201, CARTHAGE, TX, 75633

  Registry ID: 110000598862

Statutes cited

• TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATIONentered 2001-02-12

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1998-10-14Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-02-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-02-12Compliance Achieved
• 2001-02-12Enforcement Action Closed
• 2001-02-12Final Order Issued