EPA v. UNITED STATES SEAFOODS (COE Case)

Case summary

United States Seafoods (USS) owns a fleet of fishing vessels that operate in the Gulf of Alaska. The home port is in Seattle, Washington. On 11/8/2017, the United States filed a complaint to allege two violations of the CFC Recycling and Emission Reduction rules in 40 C.F.R. Part 82, Subpart F. On the same day, the United States lodged a Consent Decree to resolve the alleged violations. USS agreed to pay a civil penalty of $135,000; to retrofit the CFC industrial process refrigeration (IPR) units in the boats in its fleet with ammonia-based IPR units; to conduct training on refrigerant management; to undertake certain work practices; and to retain an approved Third Party Verifier to monitor USS's leak detection and repair practices and to review USS's records required by 40 C.F.R. Part 82, Subpart F. Modification to Consent Decree entered 12/27/2018-defendant will not need to retrofit the Legacy until 2020, at which time they will likely retire the vessel. In exchange, they agree to retrofit two of their smaller vessels in 2018 and to accelerate the overall retrofitting schedule from 2022 to 2021.

Defendants (1)

• UNITED STATES SEAFOODSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• UNITED STATES SEAFOODS, LLC

  6901 W MARGINAL WAY SW, SEATTLE, WA, 98106

  Registry ID: 110059307307

• UNITED STATES SEAFOODS, LLC

  6901 W MARGINAL WAY SW, SEATTLE, WA, 98106

  Registry ID: 110059307307

Statutes cited

• CAA 608 — National Recycling & Emission Reduction Program

Enforcement conclusions (4)

• UNITED STATES SEAFOODS (COE Case)entered 2018-12-05

  Primary law: CAA

• UNITED STATES SEAFOODS (COE Case)entered 2017-12-27

  Primary law: CAA

  Federal penalty: $135,000

• UNITED STATES SEAFOODS (COE Case)entered 2019-08-05

  Primary law: CAA

• UNITED STATES SEAFOODS (COE Case)entered 2018-05-14

  Primary law: CAA

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2016-01-04Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2016-02-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2017-11-08Complaint Filed With Court
• 2017-11-08Final Order Lodged
• 2019-08-05Final Order Entered