EPA v. LAUREL INDUSTRIES

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. LAUREL INDUSTRIES 780 SOUTH 16TH STREET, P.O. BOX 1516 LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS 77571 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 13 OF TSCA BY FAILING TO INCLUDE TSCA IMPORT CERTIFICATES FOR IMPORTED ANTIMONY INGOTS WITH THE U.S. CUSTOMS ENTRY SUMMARY DOCUMENTS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE 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)

• LAUREL INDUSTRIESNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LAUREL INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED

  780 S. 16TH ST., LA PORTE, TX, 77571

  Registry ID: 110000463668

Statutes cited

• TSCA 13 — Entry into Customs Territory of the U.S.

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LAUREL INDUSTRIES, INC.entered 2001-12-04

  Primary law: TSCA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2000-11-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-03-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-12-04Final Order Issued
• 2001-12-04Compliance Achieved
• 2001-12-04Enforcement Action Closed