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COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION (NATIONAL CASE) (38 FACILITIES)

Judicial · FY2014 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3400255726

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-2014-7004
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

Injunctive Relief/Compliance Actions: Under the settlement, Costco must implement a refrigerant compliance management system designed to prevent future violations of ozone protection requirements, and reduce its corporate-wide average leak rate from 24.1% to 19.1% or below in 2017, at 274 warehouses nationwide. The settlement also requires Costco to retrofit or replace commercial refrigeration equipment at 30 warehouses to use non-ozone depleting substances with a global warming potential of no more than 1,825. In addition, Costco must install secondary loop systems, using much less refrigerant than traditional direct expansion systems, and install centrally monitored leak detection systems, at all new warehouses.

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
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