EPA v. PHILIPS LIGHTING COMPANY

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. PHILIP LIGHTING COMPANY 12429 ROJAS DRIVE EL PASO, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS 79927 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 6 BY THE UNAUTHORIZED IMPORT OF PCB- CONTAINING CAPACITORS INTO THE U.S. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENC EOF 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)

• PHILIPS LIGHTING COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PHILLPIS LIGHTING CO

  12429 ROJAS DR, EL PASO, TX, 79936

  Registry ID: 110005021886

Statutes cited

• TSCA 6-PCBS — PCBS

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PHILIPS LIGHTING COMPANYentered 2001-09-28

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2000-07-11Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-02-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-09-28Final Order Issued
• 2001-09-28Compliance Achieved
• 2001-09-28Enforcement Action Closed