Charter Communications, Inc. (Board decision, February 4, 2014)

Plain-English summary

Charter Communications, Inc. resolved related EPA enforcement matters under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act through a Consent Agreement. The Environmental Appeals Board incorporated the agreement into its Final Order and ratified it under EPA's Consolidated Rules of Practice. Charter was ordered to comply with every term of the agreement immediately.

Decision snapshot

• Cited authorities: 40 C.F.R. § 22.18(b)-(c)
• Outcome: The Consent Agreement was incorporated and ratified, and Charter Communications, Inc. was ordered to comply with its terms immediately.
• Key point: Ratification made the Consent Agreement an immediately effective Final Order across the related docket matters.

Full text (EPA EAB public release)

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

                                            )

In re: )
) Docket No. CAA-HQ-2012-8005
Charter Communications, Inc. ) Docket No. CWA-HQ-2012-8005
) Docket No. EPCRA-HQ-2012-8005
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                                     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

Dated: February 3, 2014 ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD

                                          for Catherine R. McCabe
                                          Judge, Environmental Appeals Board


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

Judges Randolph L. Hill, Catherine R. McCabe, and Kathie A. Stein.

                           CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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

Charter Communications, Inc., CAA-HQ-2012-8005, CWA-HQ-2012-8005, EPCRA-HQ-2012-8005,
were filed and copies of the same were mailed to the parties as indicated below:

Via Interoffice Mail:

Andrew R. Stewart, Acting Director
Special Litigation and Projects Division (2248A)
Office of Civil Enforcement
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460

Via U.S. Certified Mail:

Scott H. Reisch, Esq.
Hogan Lovells US LLP
One Tabor Center, Suite 1500
1200 Seventeenth Street
Denver, CO 80202

                                          ______________________
                                          U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                                          Environmental Appeals Board


      FEB 3 2014

Dated: