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mas 7/1/2016 SEPA 2572106: EP Sets asoboing 3 etary DsclTocsStuanocesViolafrs 04/25/2006: EPA Settles Case Involving 3M Voluntary Disclosures of Toxic Substances Violations Newsroom Newsroom NNeewwss RReelleeaasseess BByy DDaattee EPA Settles Case Involving 3M Voluntary Disclosures of Toxic EPA Settles Case Involving 3M Voluntary Disclosures of Toxic Substances Violations Substances Violations Reso: ass Release Date: 04/25/2006 Cocbamaten re en, 32) $4435 anon Contact Information: Dave Ryan, (202) 564--4355 / ryan.dave@epa.gov (Woon, D.C. Ao 25,208) EPA andthe3M Company sch 51.5 lon steoeecrh (Washington, D.C. - April 25, 2006) EPA and the 3M Company reached a $1.5 million settlement to resolve noting lta sr hi Tic cbt CoAk rTSCt A thcay choy condo reporting violations under the Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA) that the company voluntarily disclosed to EF. CPA lth eta wth arpeys Ents ops SAopoB hk EPA. EPA filed the settlement with the agency's Environmental Appeals Board today, for their review. cheat ccd ahitncover by i lar soa of 3TSCAcpconida 3M voluntarily disclosed all of the violations covered by this settlement under the terms of a TSCA corporate-wide 4 point.Uoh f1 cer,J a nd deo td to TSCA audit agreement. Under the terms of the settlement, 3M neither admitted nor denied that it had violated TSCA and 9mad stave dots st 1 tance, ad roy87d1d arly EPA made no substantive determination in all but 10 instances. 3M had previously agreed and subsequently oucapt ri emand omr syosden lof2rspisrss ieswi rd ott rd 0 performed a comprehensive management systems review of 28 separate business units and facilities and to ern colarsso f TEChupashrink otptestn 4 eatian 11D determine the compliance status of all TSCA-regulated chemicals and processes. 3M agreed to pay a $1,521,481 Sony ft ego cots nsTSCA. mah hi, hscored a nb vlan, penalty for 244 separate counts under TSCA. As a result of the audit, 3M has corrected a number of violations, chai ake arty 9A crow chica, a pin niamlar, wd vr including failures to notify EPA on new chemicals, late reporting on substantial risk information, and other ering lta, Dr reocf aeh rnd ool, restrepae fmoin reporting violations. During the course of the audit, 3M produced valuable, previously unreported information that RhSct coy ttn peoof r arcs 1 1ann, will help the scientific community to better understand the presence of toxic substances in the environment. CPAtoesvltooffon stancesos ef ard canta horn 54 Gra "EPA takes violations of toxic substances laws seriously and is committed to enforcing those laws," said Granta Nakao, eat sri EPROfc nc rdCoe ngr Avance, Woes Y. Nakayama, assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. "We are Phtt odo con whSv 5 ee fh rare ly ry opofiitan. hopeful that today's action will serve as a reminder of the importance of timely industry reporting of substantial Qsancnt se "-% Search this collection of releases I or search als all news releases 2 ces ~ Get news releases by email Bscne '-=' View selected historical Dress releases tn m e from 1970 to 1998 in the EPA History website. RReecceenntt aaddddiittiioonnss pouuzsazsoyeNaI:ugtnev ees 04/22/2016 vanes MHS e vE oreen 04/22/2016 4272018MIiCcEt Siievo 05 04/22/2016 waz o NSe th IvoC08 04/22/2016 02208 S Ma AEpos 04/22/2016 NOTICE: Update Your EPA News RSS. Feed NOTICE: Update Your EPA News RSS. Feed NOTICE: UPdate Your EPA News RSS_ Feed NOTICE: Update Your EPA News RSS_ Feed NOTICE: Update Your EPA News RSS Feed risk information to EPA." `Seve ah liscocamaseppaotten amped, ching she llores Several of the violations concerned reporting on perfluorinated compounds, including perfluorooctyl sulfonates (970)av ptest2a50nPsFOeA) PHOS cto parswe scl mysdets ee ft (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). PFOS-related compounds were the active ingredients used for econ nth ion mtn fA Scho sas rdweeters, vhost pod decades in the original formulation of 3M's Scotchgard stain and water repellents. 3M voluntarily stopped mandating FOS irUda Ste 200, a poked oo. es chr res 1grt by manufacturing PFOS in the United States in 2000, and phased out all of these chemistries on a global basis by ov 202,Ot bred dtr 5A gn 30 eagle fh cach 1 40 the end of 2002. Data submitted by 3M and others led EPA to begin an investigation of these compounds in 2000. 9 alow ph nan ut of FOSby oki action lent Scrpw rd esi ho EPA followed up the phase out of PFOS by taking action to implement significant new use rules to restrict the orf FOS kdcari 09 US, re. return of PFOS-related chemicals to the U.S. market. Etreyo. src crn es PFOA tac ron. Their corp is Earlier this year, the agency launched a global PFOA stewardship program. The eight major companies that use minds FON hae comiod dcahy reins adroit conor FONsd kd or manufacture PFOA have committed to reduce facility emissions and product content of PFOA and related rsh 8prtby tr2010 awe ow singait rd reser chemicals by 95 percent by no later than 2010, and to work toward eliminating emissions and product content by 2015. Additional information on this proqram, and on all the aqenc's activities with reqard to PFOA and related hana; consovlpiton - chemicals: epa.gov/oppt/pfoa/ Mt t onthn setae: oncom mses cam More information on the settlement: epa.gov/compliance/resources/cases/civil/tsca/3m.html EPA iin to ret ursnd arwoe ize clby cio stetlcvicmeci. EPA's mission is to protect our nation's land, air and water. 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