EPA v. CRIS EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES OR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOS- URE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. CRIS EQUIPMENT CO., INC. P. O. BOX 711 PHARR, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS 78577 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY FAILING TO PREPARE A STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWP3), FAILING TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT (NOI), AND FAILING TO PERFORM THE RELATED INSPECTIONS AND RECORDKEEPING ACTIVITIES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND PAST COMPLIANCE HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFI- CATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.
Defendants (1)
- CRIS EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
Facilities (1)
CRIS EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
PO BOX 711, PHARR, TX, 78577
Registry ID: 110012285874
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2002-03-21Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2002-04-25Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2004-05-21Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 42097
- Case number
- 06-2002-4141
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- 6RC-E
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- Yes
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2002-4141 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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