HQ-1989-0015Administrative - FormalClosedFY 1989· Region HQ
EPA v. DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$1,013,000
Case summary
DOW IS CHARGED WITH 227 COUNTS OF ILLEGAL MANUFACTURE OF A POLYCARBONATE PLASTIC, WITHOUT HAVING FIRST SUBMITTED A PREMANUFACTURE NOTICE (PMN) AS REQUIRED BY TSCA SECTION 5. THE TOTAL PENALTY AMOUNT IS $1,013,000.
Defendants (1)
- DOW CHEMICAL COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Statutes cited
- TSCA 5 — Manufacturing and Processing Notices
Enforcement conclusions (1)
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANYentered 1989-09-20
Primary law: TSCA
Federal penalty: $1,013,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1989-06-16Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1989-07-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1989-09-20Final Order Issued
- 1990-02-28Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 56820
- Case number
- HQ-1989-0015
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- EPA region
- HQ
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Manufacturing and Processing Notices
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case HQ-1989-0015 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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