EPA v. STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.

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. STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1310 ELECTRONICS DRIVE CARROLLTON, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 75006 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, SUBMITTED AN AUDIT REPORTED DISCLOSING VIOLATIONS OF THE REPORTING RE- QUIREMENTS OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR SULFURIC ACID, HYDROGEN FLUORIDE, NITRIC ACID, PHOSPHORIC ACID, N-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDONE, AND AMMONIA FOR THE REPORTING YEARS 1995 THROUGH 1999. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALFICIATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY- BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ST. MICROELECTRONICS CARROLLTON TEXAS

  1310 ELECTRONICS DR., CARROLLTON, TX, 75006

  Registry ID: 110017299145

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.entered 2001-11-21

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2000-10-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-11-21Final Order Issued
• 2001-11-21Compliance Achieved
• 2001-11-21Enforcement Action Closed
• 2001-11-27Enforcement Action Data Entered