# SORENSON INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53054`
- **Case Number:** 09-1998-0179
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $33K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SORENSON INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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