SELF DISCLOSURE - ON JUNE 23, 2008, EPA ISSUED A NOTICE OF DTERMINATION ( NOD )BASED ON SELF-DISCLOSURES PROVIDED BY WILKES UNIVERSITY PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF PENNSYLVANIA ( AICKP ) AND EPA DATED MARCH 24, 2004, REGARDING VIOLATIONS OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ), THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ) AND THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT ( TSCA ), AT WILKES UNIVERSITY AND FOUR TARGET HOUSING UNITS, LOCATED IN WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.
THE TOTAL GRAVITY-BASED CIVIL PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATIONS WOULD BE $103,158.00. SINCE WILKES UNIVERSITY SATISFIED ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF EPA'S SELF-DISCLOSURE POLICY AND THE AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC BENEFIT GAINED WAS INSIGNIFICANT, EPA WAIVED THE GRAVITY-BASED CIVIL PENALTY FOR THE DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS.