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Article: EPA SETTLES CASE INVOLVING 3M VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURES OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES VIOLATIONS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 25, 2006
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The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following press release:
EPA and the 3M Company reached a $1.5 million settlement to resolve reporting violations under the Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA) that the company voluntarily disclosed to EPA. EPA filed the settlement with the agency's Environmental Appeals Board today, for their review.
3M voluntarily disclosed all of the violations covered by this settlement under the terms of a TSCA corporate-wide audit agreement. Under the terms of the settlement, 3M neither admitted nor denied that it had violated TSCA and EPA made no substantive determination in all but 10 instances. 3M had previously agreed and subsequently performed a ...