Honeywell International, Inc. (Board decision, January 17, 2013)

Plain-English summary

Honeywell International, Inc. was the respondent in an Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act matter before the Environmental Appeals Board. The Board incorporated the attached Consent Agreement into its Final Order by reference and ratified it. The Board ordered Honeywell to comply with all terms of the Consent Agreement effective immediately. The released Final Order does not reproduce the agreement or state its underlying terms.

Decision snapshot

• Cited authorities: 40 C.F.R. § 22.18(b)-(c)
• Outcome: The attached Consent Agreement was ratified, and the respondent was ordered to comply with its terms immediately.
• Key point: The Board made the Consent Agreement effective through a Final Order.

Full text (EPA EAB public release)

                     BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD
          UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                          WASHINGTON, D.C.

In re: )
) Docket No. EPCRA-HQ-2011-8004
Honeywell International, Inc. )
)
)

                                    FINAL ORDER

   Pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 22.18(b)-(c) of EPA's Consolidated Rules of Practice, the

attached Consent Agreement resolving this matter is incorporated by reference into this Final
Order and is hereby ratified.

    The Respondent is ORDERED to comply with all terms of the Consent Agreement,

effective immediately.

      So ordered.¹

Date: January 17, 2013 [signature]
[illegible], Judge, Environmental Appeals Board

   ¹ The three-member panel ratifying this matter is composed of Environmental Appeals

Judges Leslye M. Fraser, Catherine R. McCabe, and Kathie A. Stein.

                           CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

  I certify that the foregoing “Consent Agreement” and “Final Order,” in the Matter of

Honeywell International, Inc., Docket No. EPCRA-HQ-2011-8004, were filed and copies of the
same were mailed to the parties as indicated below:

Via Interoffice Mail:

Bernadette M. Rappold, Director
Special Litigation and Projects Division
Office of Civil Enforcement
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (Mail Code 2248A)
Washington, DC 20460

Via U.S. Certified Mail:

D. Evan van Hook, Vice President
Health, Safety, Environment and Remediation Services
Honeywell International, Inc.
101 Columbia Road
P.O. Box 2245
Morristown, New Jersey 07962

Jonathan S. Martel
Arnold & Porter LLP
555 Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004-1206

                                              [signature]
                                              Annette Duncan, Secretary
                                              U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                                              Environmental Appeals Board

Dated: January 17, 2013