GE Reuter Stokes, Inc. (Board decision, January 10, 2013)

Plain-English summary

GE Reuter Stokes, Inc. was the respondent in a Toxic Substances Control Act matter before the Environmental Appeals Board. The Board incorporated the attached Consent Agreement into its Final Order and ratified it. The Board ordered the company to comply with all terms of the Consent Agreement effective immediately. The released Final Order does not reproduce the agreement or state the underlying allegations, remedy, or penalty.

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)

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                   ENVIRONMENT AL APPEALS BOARD
          UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                          WASHINGTON, D.C.
                                                                                JAN 1 0 2013

In re: ) Clerk, EnViron~P8alS Board
) INITIALS
GE Reuter Stokes, Inc. )
Twinsburg, OH 44087 )
) Docket No. TSCA-HQ-2013-5001
Respondent )
)

                                    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




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                                                                Kathie A. Stein I
                                                          Environmental Appeals Judge




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

Judges Catherine R. McCabe and Kathie A. Stein.
 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

     I certify that the foregoing "Consent Agreement and Final Order," General

Electric Reuter Stokes, Inc., Docket No. TSCA-HQ-2013-5001, was filed and copies of

the same were mailed to the parties as indicated below:

(Interoffice) Mark Garvey, Esq.
Waste and Chemical Enforcement Division
Office of Civil Enforcement
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (Mail Code 2249A)
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 564-4168
Fax: (202) 564-0035

(U.S. Mail)
Lynn L. Bergeson, Esq.
BERGESON & CAMPBELL P C
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite lOOW
Washington, D.C. 20037
T: 202-557-3801 Fax: 202-557-3836
Mobile: 240-731-1407
lawbc.com

AlUlette Du~ri j7
Secretary
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460-0001

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