EPA v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP.

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. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 9314 W. JEFFERSON BOULEVARD DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 75211 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, SUBMITTED AN AUDIT REPORT DISCLOSING VIOLATIONS OF THE REPORTING RE- QUIREMENTS OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS, MEK, TOLUENE, XYLENE, COPPER, 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE, SODIUM DIMETHYLDI- THIOCARB, AND PHOSPHORIC ACID 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 QUALIFICATION TO THE SLEF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY- BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP.Named in settlement

Facilities (4)

• NAVAL WEAPONS INDUSTRIES RESERVE PLANT NUMBER 387

  9314 WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD, DALLAS, TX, 75211

  Registry ID: 110000748781

• NAVAL WEAPONS INDUSTRIES RESERVE PLANT NUMBER 387

  9314 WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD, DALLAS, TX, 75211

  Registry ID: 110000748781

• NAVAL WEAPONS INDUSTRIES RESERVE PLANT NUMBER 387

  9314 WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD, DALLAS, TX, 75211

  Registry ID: 110000748781

• NAVAL WEAPONS INDUSTRIES RESERVE PLANT NUMBER 387

  9314 WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD, DALLAS, TX, 75211

  Registry ID: 110000748781

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATIONentered 2001-11-21

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2000-11-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-11-21Final Order Issued
• 2001-11-21Compliance Achieved
• 2001-11-21Enforcement Action Closed
• 2001-11-27Enforcement Action Data Entered