# BELL ATLANTIC COMPANIES
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `57666`
- **Case Number:** HQ-1999-6008
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $16K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $16K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- BELL ATLANTIC COMPANIES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

IN APRIL 1999 BELL ATLANTIC COMPANIES ( BAC ), THROUGH ITS A TTORNEYS, NOTIFIED EPA THAT IT HAD POSSIBLE NON-COMPLIANCE W ITH EPCRA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND CWA (SPCC PLANS).  FROM  APRIL TO JULY, BAC DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS AT 72 OF THEIR FACI LITIES, DISCOVERED THROUGH AN INTERNAL SELF-EVALUATION PROCE SS.  UPON COMPLETION OF THEIR EVALUATION, THEY PROVIDED EPA  INFORMATION CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA 302, 303, 311,  AND 312 RELATED TO THE PRESENCE OF SULFURIC ACID AND DIESE L FUEL AT 67 FACILITIES LOCATED IN 12 STATES (NY, MA, NH, RI , VT, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, WV, AND DC), WITH SEVEN FACILITIES  ALSO VIOLATING SPCC REQUIREMENTS LOCATED IN 5 STATES (PA, N Y, MA, DC, AND VA).

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