EPA v. GE ENERGY SERVICES

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. GE ENERGY SERVICES 8800 WALLISVILLE ROAD HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77029 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 6 OF TSCA BY THE SHIPPING FOR DIS- POSAL A DRUM EHICH CONTAINED PCB MATERIAL THAT HAD AN OUT OF SERVICE DATE EARLIER THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE IT WAS SHIPPED. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE OF VIOLATION, AND PAST COMPLI- ANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPOND- ENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• GE ENERGY SERVICESNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• GENERAL ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED

  8800 WALLISVILLE ROAD, HOUSTON, TX, 77029

  Registry ID: 110002344240

Statutes cited

• TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• GENERAL ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL, INC.entered 2002-02-04

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2000-05-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-02-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-02-04Final Order Issued
• 2002-02-04Enforcement Action Closed