# U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `57667`
- **Case Number:** HQ-1999-6009
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $9K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

APRIL 1999 US WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ( US WEST ), NOTIFI ED EPA THAT IT HAD POSSIBLE NON-COMPLIANCE WITH CLEAN WATER  ACT (CWA) AND EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW  ACT (EPCRA) REQUIREMENTS, AND THAT THEY HAD COMPLETED AN AU DIT OF EPCRA AND CWA (SPCC PLANS) COMPLIANCE STATUS FOR SEVE RAL CELLULAR FACILITIES ACROSS SEVERAL STATES.  UPON COMPLET ION OF THEIR AUDIT, THEY PROVIDED EPA INFORMATION CONCERNING  VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA 302, AT TWO (2) FACILITIES IN 2 STATES  (AZ, NE), AND 311 AND 312 RELATED TO THE PRESENCE OF SULF URIC ACID AND DIESEL FUEL AT THIRTEEN (13) FACILITIES LOCATE D IN 7 STATES (AZ, CO, IA, MN, NE, ND, SD, WA) AND SEVEN (7)  FACILITIES VIOLATING SPCC REQUIREMENTS LOCATED IN 3 STATES  (NE, MN, SD)

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