EPA v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)

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. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK) FORT WORTH TEXAS FACILITY 1501 JONES STREET FORT WORTH, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS 76100 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY FAILING TO PERFORM AN ANNUAL FACILITY STORM WATER COMPLIANCE INSPECTION/ EVALUATION. 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 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 (1)

• NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP. (AMTRANamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• NATL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP (AMTRAK)

  1501 JONES ST, FORT WORTH, TX, 76100

  Registry ID: 110010645784

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)entered 2010-06-16

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2001-02-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-03-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-06-16Final Order Issued
• 2010-06-16Enforcement Action Closed