1/10/14 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED. IN A DEC 21, 2011, ELECTRONIC SUBMITTAL TO THE EPA, AUTOMATED PACKAGING DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 312 OF EPCRA. AUTOMATED PACKAGING CORRECTED THE REPORTING VIOLATIONS WITHIN 90 DAYS, WHICH SIGNALED ITS RETURN TO COMPLIANCE.
PURSUANT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS POLICY AND BASED ON INFO PROVIDED BY AUTOMATED PACKAGING, EPA MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINAL DETERMINATION FOR THE DISCLOSURE IDENTIFIED ABOVE: THE DISCLOSURE MEETS THE CONDITIONS OF THE EPA SMALL BUSINESS 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 PURPOSES OF THIS DISCLOSURE, EPA WILL NOT SEEK THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT PORTION OF THE PENALTY.