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INVISTA S.a.r.l. (National Case)

Judicial · FY2006 · — · — · 600015596

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Penalty
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Cost recovery
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
HQ-2006-6007
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
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Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
Y

Defendants (1)

Summary

As part of a corporate-wide auditing agreement under EPA's Audit Policy, INVISTA self-disclosed over 680 violations of the CWA, CAA, RCRA, EPCRA, and FIFRA to EPA after auditing 12 facilities it acquired from DuPont in the United States.?INVISTA will pay a civil penalty totaling $1.7 million with the U.S. receiving $850,000 and the co-plaintiffs receiving the balance of the penalty as follows: the State of Delaware will receive $500,000; the State of South Carolina will receive $250,000; and the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Board in Tennessee will receive $100,000. INVISTA will undertake injunctive relief under the Consent Decree to address CAA violations.

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EPA ECHO
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