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SORENSON INC.

Judicial · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 53054

$33K
Penalty
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
09-1998-0179
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THIS IS A JUDICIAL REFERRAL REQUESTING THAT THE US DEPT OF JUSTICE FILE A MOTION TO INTERVENE IN AN ONGOING LAWSUIT THAT WAS INITIATED BY COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT (CBE) AGAINST SORENSON ENGINEERING (FILED AUG. 1, 1996). CBE ALLEGES THAT SORENSON FAILED TO FILE FORM R AS REQUIRED BY EPCRA FOR YEARS 1991-1995. EPA SEEKS TO INTERVENE IN THIS CASE BECAUSE SORENSON IS DISPUTING THE EPA INTERPRE- TATION OF EPCRA, IN PARTICULAR THE MEANING OF PROCESSED VERSUS OTHERWISE USED. IN ADDITION, EPA SEEKS A CIVIL PENALTY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO ENSURE THAT SORENSON COMPLIES WITH EPCRA IN THE FUTURE.

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