# QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. ETAL.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `57975`
- **Case Number:** HQ-2000-6011
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $87K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $257K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

IN AUGUST 1999, QWEST DISCLOSED POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF      EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA);  THE CLEAN WATER ACT'S (CWA) SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL AND     COUNTERMEASURE (SPCC) PLAN REQUIREMENTS; THE CLEAN AIR ACT   (CAA) STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (SIPS) AND                  CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFCS) REQUIREMENTS.                     VIOLATIONS AT 410 FACILITIES WERE CORRECTED.                 REMEDIAL ACTIONS INCLUDED NOTIFYING LOCAL EMERGENCY          PLANNING COMMITTEES OF THE PRESENCE OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS,  PREPARING SPILL PREVENTION PLANS, APPLYING FOR PERMITS       TO CONSTRUCT OR INSTALL STANDBY GENERATORS, MAINTAINING      RECORDS FOR APPLIANCES CONTAINING MORE THAN 50 POUNDS OF     REFRIDGERANT, AND REPAIRING REFRIGERANT LEAKS FROM HEATING,  VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING UNITS.

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