EPA v. PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTORS

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. PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTORS 9201 PAM AM FREEWAY NE ALBUQUERQUE, BERNALILLO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 87113 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, SUBMITTED A VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE THROUGH AN AUDIT REPORT DISCLOSING VIOLATIONS OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA 313 BY FAILING TO SUBMIT FORM RS FOR NITRATE COMPOUNDS, NITRIC ACID, HYDROCHLORIC ACID AEROSOLS, SULFURIC ACID AEROSOLS, AND GLYCOL EHTERS FOR REPORTING YEARS 1995 THROUGH 1999. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.

Defendants (1)

• PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTORSNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTORS

  9201 PAN AM FWY NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87113

  Registry ID: 110000472435

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTORentered 2001-11-29

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2000-11-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2001-11-29Final Order Issued
• 2001-11-29Compliance Achieved
• 2001-11-29Enforcement Action Closed
• 2001-12-06Enforcement Action Data Entered