# GRISTEDES FOODS, INC
> **Judicial** · FY2023 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3603445733`
- **Case Number:** 05-2023-5004
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- GRISTEDES FOODS, INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

Gristedes has agreed to pay a $400,000 civil penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act's chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) regulations.  CFCs are ozone-depleting substances (ODS).  Gristedes has replaced its commercial refrigeration appliances that use Class II ODS with non-ODS refrigerants.  The cost was approximately $13,500,000.  Over the course of the decree's four Effective Years, Gristedes is required to reduced its company-wide average leak rate to 26%, 23%, 19%, and 16% for each of the first, second, third, and fourth Effective Years, respectively.

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*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*