EPA v. WESTERN WIRELESS CORPORATION AND VOICESTREAM WIRELESS CORP

Case summary

MARCH 1999 WESTERN WIRELESS CORPORATION ( WESTERN WIRELESS ), THROUGH ITS ATTORNEYS, NOTIFIED EPA THAT IT HAD POSSIBLE NON-COMPLIANCE WITH EPCRA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND CWA (SP CC PLANS) AT APPROXIMATELY 38 OF ITS FACILITIES, DISCOVERED THROUGH AN INTERNAL SELF-EVALUATION PROCESS. UPON COMPLETIO N OF THEIR EVALUATION, THEY PROVIDED EPA INFORMATION CONCERN ING VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA 302, 303, 311, AND 312 RELATED T O THE PRESENCE OF SULFURIC ACID AND DIESEL FUEL AT 34 FACILI TIES LOCATED IN 19 STATES (NM, CO, MT, WA, WY, UT, IA, TX, N D, KS, NE, HI, MO, AZ, OR, NV, SD, OK, AND MN), WITH FOUR FA CILITIES ALSO VIOLATING SPCC REQUIREMENTS (LOCATED IN AZ, WA , AND NM).

Defendants (2)

• VOICESTREAM WIRELESS CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• WESTERN WIRELESS CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WESTERN WIRELESS CORP

  3650 131ST AVE SE STE 400, BELLEVUE, WA, 980061334

  Registry ID: 110010684722

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 311 — Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
• EPCRA 312 — Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
• EPCRA 303D — Emerg. Plan. & Commun. Right To Know Act
• EPCRA 302C — Emerg. Plan. & Commun. Right To Know Act
• CWA 311J — SPCC and/or Federal Response Plan Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• WESTERN WIRELESS CORPORATIONentered 2000-01-20

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $10,734

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1999-09-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-10-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2000-01-20Final Order Issued