3/1/2013 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED.
PURSUANT TO THE AUDIT POLICY AND BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY ABB, EPA MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINAL DETERMINATION FOR THE DISCLOSURE IDENTIFIED ABOVE: THE ABB SELF-DISCLOSURE MEETS THE CONDITIONS OF THE EPA AUDIT POLICY FOR 100 PERCENT ELIMINATION OF GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA. EPA WILL NOT SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. IN ADDITION, FOR PURPOSE OF THIS DISCLOSRE, EPA WILL NOT SEEK THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT PORTION OF THE PENALTY.
CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSES OF THE AUDIT POLICY, EPA EXPECTS ABB TO INSTITUTE, ON A CONTINUING AND INSTITUTIONAL BASIS, THE INTERNAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF VIOLATIONS OF ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS AT ITS FACILITY LOCATED IN CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI.