EPA v. INTERSTATE BRANDS CORPORATION (IBC)

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. INTERSTATE BRANDS CORPORATION 3400 MACARTHUR DRIVE ALEXANDRIA, RAPIDES PARISH, LOUISIANA 71302 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO FILE A FORM R FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1999 FOR CHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE. 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)

• INTERSTATE BRANDS CORPORATIONNamed in settlement

Facilities (4)

• COTTON BROS BAKING CO

  3400 MACARTHUR DR, ALEXANDRIA, LA, 71302

  Registry ID: 110001274512

• COTTON BROS BAKING CO

  3400 MACARTHUR DR, ALEXANDRIA, LA, 71302

  Registry ID: 110001274512

• COTTON BROS BAKING CO

  3400 MACARTHUR DR, ALEXANDRIA, LA, 71302

  Registry ID: 110001274512

• COTTON BROS BAKING CO

  3400 MACARTHUR DR, ALEXANDRIA, LA, 71302

  Registry ID: 110001274512

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• INTERSTATE BRANDS CORPORATIONentered 2002-03-15

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2001-03-06Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-03-12Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2002-03-15Final Order Issued
• 2002-03-15Enforcement Action Closed