Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Settlement, Penalty Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 33905-33907 [2017-15376]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 139 / Friday, July 21, 2017 / Notices
(5) the other agency agrees in writing
that in accordance with the law, it will
not disclose further any information
designated as confidential.
In the case at hand, all of the required
elements of 40 CFR 2.209(c) have been
met upon publication of this notice.
III. Impact on Vehicle Manufacturers
Given that EIA is aware that the
shared information is CBI or has been
claimed as CBI, and intends to take the
necessary steps to ensure that the data
provided is kept secure and
confidential, there is no impact on
vehicle manufacturers to the release of
this data.
Dated: July 5, 2017.
Byron Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of
Transportation & Air Quality.
[FR Doc. 2017–15377 Filed 7–20–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2017–0206; FRL–9964–
67–OECA]
Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed
Administrative Settlement, Penalty
Assessment and Opportunity To
Comment Regarding JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
instructions for submitting comments.
Once submitted, comments cannot be
edited or withdrawn. The EPA may
publish any comment received to its
public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. The EPA will
generally not consider comments or
comment contents located outside of the
primary submission (i.e., on the Web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full
EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Philip Milton, Waste and Chemical
Enforcement Division (2249–A), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564–5029;
fax: (202) 564–0010; email:
milton.philip@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has entered into a
Consent Agreement with JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. (JPMC or Respondent)
to resolve violations of the Clean Water
Act (CWA), the Clean Air Act (CAA),
the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) and the
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and their
implementing regulations.
The Administrator is hereby
providing public notice of this Consent
Agreement and proposed Final Order
(CAFO), and providing an opportunity
for interested persons to comment on
the CAFO. Upon closure of the public
comment period, the CAFO and any
public comments will be forwarded to
the Agency’s Environmental Appeals
Board (EAB).
DATES: Comments are due on or before
August 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OECA–2017–0206, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
This proposed settlement agreement
is the result of voluntary disclosures of
CWA, CAA, RCRA and EPCRA
violations by JPMC to the EPA. JPMC
and affiliated entities comprise one of
the largest financial services firms in the
United States, offering investment
banking, financial services for
consumers and small businesses,
commercial banking, financial
transaction processing and asset
management, both domestically and
internationally. JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. is a national banking association
with its main office located at 1111
Polaris Parkway, Columbus, Ohio
43240.
On August 6, 2014, EPA accepted
JPMC’s June 19, 2014 proposal to enter
into an audit agreement to audit 133
facilities owned and/or operated by
JPMC or affiliated entities for
compliance with the CAA, CWA,
EPCRA, and RCRA under EPA’s
Incentives for Self-Policing: Discovery,
Disclosure, Correction and Prevention of
Violations (Audit Policy), 65 FR 19618
(April 11, 2000). On December 19, 2014,
JPMC provided its final report.
In follow-up to its 2014 Audit and
JPMC’s commitment to prevent
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
19:50 Jul 20, 2017
Jkt 241001
PO 00000
Frm 00042
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
33905
recurrence of noncompliance in the
future, JPMC developed and
implemented a compliance management
system (CMS) that incudes annual
auditing. JPMC approached the design
of this annual audit program with the
same integrity and objectivity as used in
the original 2014 Audit program. With
the benefit of this expertise, JPMC
conducted annual internal audits in
2015 (at 42 sites) and 2016 (at 39 sites)
and disclosed additional potential
noncompliance discovered through its
2015 and 2016 internal audits on
November 20, 2015 and December 2,
2016, respectively.
All violations discovered and
disclosed by the Respondent are listed
in Attachments A and B to the CAFO.
Proposed Settlement
The EPA determined that Respondent
satisfactorily completed its audit and
has met all conditions set forth in the
Audit Policy for the violations
identified in Attachment A of the
CAFO. Therefore, 100 percent of the
gravity-based penalty calculated for the
violations identified in Attachment A of
the CAFO is being waived.
Attachment B of the CAFO identifies
certain violations that did not meet all
the conditions of the Audit Policy. For
these violations, a gravity-based penalty
of $52,977 is assessed.
For all violations listed in
Attachments A and B, EPA calculated
an economic benefit of noncompliance
of $177,415. This number was
calculated using specific cost
information provided by Respondent
and use of the Economic Benefit (BEN)
computer model.
JPMC has agreed to pay a total civil
penalty of $230,392 for all the violations
identified in Attachments A and B of
the CAFO. Of this amount, $177,415 is
the economic benefit of noncompliance
and $52,977 is the gravity-based penalty
for the violations listed in Attachment B
of the CAFO.
Of this total amount, $16,731 is
attributable to the CAA violations,
$88,538 is attributable to the CWA SPCC
violations, $27,649 is attributable to the
RCRA violations, and $97,474 is
attributable to the EPCRA violations.
The EPA and Respondent negotiated
the Consent Agreement in accordance
with the Consolidated Rules of Practice,
40 CFR part 22, specifically 40 CFR
22.13(b) and 22.18(b) (In re: JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.; enforcement
settlement identifier numbers CAA–
HQ–2017–6001, CWA–HQ–2017–6001;
EPCRA–HQ–2017–6001; and RCRA–
HQ–2017–6001). This Consent
Agreement is subject to public notice
and comment under Section
E:\FR\FM\21JYN1.SGM
21JYN1
33906
Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 139 / Friday, July 21, 2017 / Notices
311(b)(6)(C) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C.
1321(b)(6)(C). The procedures by which
the public may comment on a proposed
CWA Class II penalty order, or
participate in a Class II penalty
proceeding, are set forth in 40 CFR
22.45. The deadline for submitting
public comment on this proposed Final
Order is [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS
AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN
THE Federal Register]. All comments
will be transferred to the EAB for
consideration. The EAB’s powers and
duties are outlined in 40 CFR 22.4(a).
Disclosed and Corrected Violations
CWA
Respondent disclosed that it failed to
prepare and/or implement a Spill
Prevention, Control, and
Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan in
violation of CWA Section 311(j), 33
U.S.C. 1321(j), and the implementing
regulations found at 40 CFR part 112, at
the following forty-four (44) facilities
located in Arizona, California,
Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, and Texas, identified in
Attachments A and B of the CAFO.
Facility
Street
City
Sky Harbor Operations Center .........................
560 Mission Street ............................................
Iron Hill-Cole House Bldg. ................................
880 Powder Mill Rd ..........................................
Four Christina Center .......................................
7255 Baymeadows Way ...................................
7301 Baymeadows Way ...................................
H01—H03 Highland Manor Drive .....................
4200 W Cypress Street ....................................
HO1–10430 Highland Manor ............................
Indianapolis West Operation Center ................
IRS Louisville Operations .................................
Vault Complex ..................................................
Delta Drive Complex ........................................
1820 E Sky Harbor Circle S ............................
560 Mission Street ...........................................
4041 Ogletown Road .......................................
880 Powder Mill Rd .........................................
300 King Street ................................................
7255 Baymeadows Way ..................................
7301 Baymeadows Way ..................................
10410–30 Highland Manor Drive ....................
4200 W. Cypress Street, Suite 350 ................
10430 Highland Manor Drive ..........................
7610 West Washington Street ........................
5101 Interchange Way ....................................
1245 Edwards Road ........................................
780 Kansas Lane ............................................
780 Delta Drive.
700 Kansas Lane.
4431–B Highway 19 ........................................
70 Fargo Street ...............................................
9000 Haggerty Road .......................................
1 Northeastern Blvd .........................................
4 Northeastern Blvd .........................................
5 Northeastern Blvd .........................................
600 Commerce Boulevard ...............................
575 Washington Boulevard .............................
300 Boulevard East .........................................
883 Flatbush Avenue ......................................
9 DeKalb Ave ..................................................
491 Main Street ...............................................
525 Broadway ..................................................
383 Madison Avenue .......................................
130 Second Ave ..............................................
270 Park Avenue .............................................
1000 Polaris Parkway ......................................
1111 Polaris Parkway ......................................
3415 Vision Drive ............................................
340 South Cleveland Avenue ..........................
370 South Cleveland Avenue ..........................
380 South Cleveland Avenue ..........................
4501 New York Avenue ..................................
2500 Marsh Lane ............................................
1111 North Point Drive ....................................
625 Freeport Parkway .....................................
14201 North Dallas Parkway ...........................
1111 Fannin .....................................................
3929 W John Carpenter Freeway ...................
Phoenix .......................
San Francisco ............
Newark .......................
Wilmington ..................
Wilmington ..................
Jacksonville ................
Jacksonville ................
Tampa ........................
Tampa ........................
Tampa ........................
Indianapolis ................
Louisville .....................
Harahan ......................
Monroe .......................
Arizona.
California.
Delaware.
Delaware.
Delaware.
Florida.
Florida.
Florida.
Florida.
Florida.
Indiana.
Kentucky.
Louisiana.
Louisiana.
Zachary .......................
Boston ........................
Belleville .....................
Salem .........................
Louisiana.
Massachusetts.
Michigan.
New Hampshire.
Carlstadt .....................
Jersey City ..................
Weehawken ................
Brooklyn ......................
Brooklyn ......................
New Rochelle .............
New York ....................
New York ....................
New York ....................
New York ....................
Columbus ...................
Columbus ...................
Columbus ...................
Westerville ..................
Westerville ..................
Westerville ..................
Arlington .....................
Carrolton .....................
Coppell .......................
Coppell .......................
Farmers Branch ..........
Houston ......................
Irving ...........................
New Jersey.
New Jersey.
New Jersey.
New York.
New York.
New York.
New York.
New York.
New York.
New York.
Ohio.
Ohio.
Ohio.
Ohio.
Ohio.
Ohio.
Texas.
Texas.
Texas.
Texas.
Texas.
Texas.
Texas.
2780 Lake Vista Drive .....................................
2777 Lake Vista Drive .....................................
20855 Stone Oak Parkway .............................
Lewisville ....................
Lewisville ....................
San Antonio ................
Texas.
Texas.
Texas.
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
Zachary Command Center ...............................
451 D Street .....................................................
Belleville Technology Center ............................
1 Northeastern Blvd ..........................................
4 Northeastern Blvd.
5 Northeastern Blvd.
Carlstadt Data Center .......................................
NOC 5—575 Washington .................................
Weehawken Data Center .................................
Flatbush Ave .....................................................
WM5469 Dekalb ...............................................
New Rochelle Main St ......................................
SoHo .................................................................
383 Madison Avenue (BSC) .............................
WM5477 East Village .......................................
270 Park Avenue ..............................................
1000 Polaris ......................................................
Polaris McCoy Center ......................................
3415 Vision Drive .............................................
340 McCoy Building .........................................
370 McCoy Building .........................................
380 McCoy Building .........................................
Arlington Call Center ........................................
WM7097 Dallas EDC 1 ....................................
Freeport IV ........................................................
Freeport TX ......................................................
JPMIP One .......................................................
1111 Fannin ......................................................
WM7266 Royal Ridge Operations Center
RROC.
Lake Vista III (BSC) ..........................................
Lake Vista 7—Lewisville ...................................
WM2200 Stone Oak Bldg C .............................
Under CWA Section 311(b)(6)(A), 33
U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(A), any owner,
operator, or person in charge of a vessel,
onshore facility, or offshore facility from
which oil is discharged in violation of
CWA Section 311(b)(3), 33 U.S.C.
1321(b)(3), or who fails or refuses to
comply with any regulations that have
VerDate Sep<11>2014
19:50 Jul 20, 2017
Jkt 241001
been issued under CWA Section 311(j),
33 U.S.C. 1321(j), may be assessed an
administrative civil penalty of up to
$226,338 by the EPA. Class II
proceedings under CWA Section
311(b)(6), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6), are
conducted in accordance with 40 CFR
part 22. As authorized by CWA Section
PO 00000
Frm 00043
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
State
311(b)(6), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6), the EPA
has assessed a civil penalty for these
violations.
Pursuant to CWA Section
311(b)(6)(C), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(C), the
EPA will not issue an order in this
proceeding prior to the close of the
public comment period.
E:\FR\FM\21JYN1.SGM
21JYN1
Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 139 / Friday, July 21, 2017 / Notices
EPCRA
Respondent disclosed that it violated
EPCRA Section 311(a), 42 U.S.C.
11021(a), and the implementing
regulations found at 40 CFR part 370, at
seventy-four (74) facilities listed in
Attachments A and B of the CAFO when
it failed to submit a Material Safety Data
Sheet (MSDS) for a hazardous
chemical(s) and/or extremely hazardous
substance(s) or, in the alternative, a list
of such chemicals, to the LEPCs, SERCs,
and the fire departments with
jurisdiction over these facilities. These
seventy-four (74) facilities are located in
the following states: Arizona, California,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Massachusetts, Missouri, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, and Texas.
Respondent disclosed that it violated
EPCRA Section 312(a), 42 U.S.C.
11022(a), and the implementing
regulations found at 40 CFR part 370, at
seventy-three (73) facilities listed in
Attachments A and B of the CAFO when
it failed to prepare and submit
emergency and chemical inventory
forms to the LEPCs, SERCs, and the fire
departments with jurisdiction over these
facilities. These seventy-one facilities
are located in the following states:
Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida,
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Massachusetts, Missouri, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, and Texas.
Under EPCRA Section 325, 42 U.S.C.
11045, the Administrator may issue an
administrative order assessing a civil
penalty against any person who has
violated applicable emergency planning
or right-to-know requirements, or any
other requirement of EPCRA.
Proceedings under EPCRA Section 325,
42 U.S.C. 11045, are conducted in
accordance with 40 CFR part 22. The
EPA, as authorized by EPCRA Section
325, 42 U.S.C. 11045, has assessed a
civil penalty for these violations.
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
CAA
ODS Requirements
Respondent disclosed that it violated
CAA Sections 608(a)(1) and (2), 42
U.S.C. 7671g(a)(l) and (2), and the
implementing regulations found 40 CFR
part 82, at thirty-four (34) facilities
listed in Attachments A and B of the
CAFO when it failed to maintain
records required by 40 CFR 82.166 for
its appliances. These thirty-four (34)
facilities are located in the following
states: Arizona, California, Illinois,
Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New
York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas,
and Wisconsin.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
19:50 Jul 20, 2017
Jkt 241001
CAA NSPS Subpart IIII
Respondent disclosed that it failed to
comply with CAA Section 111, 42
U.S.C. 7411, and 40 CFR part 60,
subpart IIII when it failed to maintain a
12-month rolling total log of the hours
of operation for four (4) compression
ignition internal combustion engines
(emergency generators) at one (1) facility
in Michigan.
Under CAA Section 113(d), 42 U.S.C.
7413(d), the Administrator may issue an
administrative penalty order to any
person who has violated or is in
violation of any applicable requirement
or prohibition of the CAA, including
any rule, order, waiver, permit, or plan.
Proceedings under CAA Section 113(d),
42 U.S.C. 7413(d), are conducted in
accordance with 40 CFR part 22. The
EPA, as authorized by the CAA, has
assessed a civil penalty for these
violations.
RCRA
Respondent disclosed that it failed to
comply with RCRA Section 3002 of
RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6922, and the
regulations found at 40 CFR part 273, at
seventy-eight (78) facilities listed in
Attachments A and B of the CAFO when
it failed to maintain proper universal
waste disposal and handling by failing
to properly store, label, or inventory
spent fluorescent lamps and tubes, used
lead-acid batteries, and by failing to
train employees in proper identification.
These seventy-eight (78) facilities are
located in the following states: Arizona,
California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Under RCRA Section 3008, 42 U.S.C.
6928, the Administrator may issue an
order assessing a civil penalty for any
past or current violation the RCRA.
Proceedings under RCRA Section 3008,
42 U.S.C. 6928, are conducted in
accordance with 40 CFR part 22. The
EPA, as authorized by the RCRA, has
assessed a civil penalty for these
violations.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: June 29, 2017.
Susan Shinkman,
Director, Office of Civil Enforcement, Office
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
[FR Doc. 2017–15376 Filed 7–20–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
PO 00000
Frm 00044
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
33907
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9965–19-Region 1]
Proposed CERCLA Administrative
Cost Recovery Settlement: Parker
Street Waste Site, New Bedford,
Massachusetts
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement;
request for public comments.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given of a
proposed administrative cost settlement
for recovery of response costs
concerning the Parker Street Waste Site,
located in New Bedford, Bristol County,
Massachusetts with the Settling Party
the City of New Bedford. The proposed
settlement requires the Settling Party
pay EPA $1,600,000 to settle EPA’s past
response costs, which currently amount
to $18,408,619. In exchange, EPA will
provide the Settling Party with a
covenant not to sue for past costs. The
settlement has been approved by the
Environmental and Natural Resources
Division of the United States
Department of Justice. For 30 days
following the date of publication of this
notice, the Agency will receive written
comments relating to the settlement for
recovery of response costs. The Agency
will consider all comments received and
may modify or withdraw its consent to
this cost recovery settlement if
comments received disclose facts or
considerations which indicate that the
settlement is inappropriate, improper,
or inadequate. The Agency’s response to
any comments received will be available
for public inspection at the New
Bedford Free Public Library, 613
Pleasant Street, New Bedford 02740 and
at the Environmental Protection
Agency—Region I, 5 Post Office Square,
Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109–3912.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
August 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to John Kilborn, Senior
Enforcement Counsel, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 5
Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OES04–
3), Boston, MA 02109–3912 (Telephone
No. 617–918–1893) and should
reference the Parker Street Waste Site,
U.S. EPA Docket No: CERCLA 01–2012–
0040.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
A copy of the proposed settlement may
be obtained from Stacy Greendlinger,
Office of Site Remediation and
Restoration, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post
Office Square, Suite 100 (OSRR02–2),
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\21JYN1.SGM
21JYN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 139 (Friday, July 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33905-33907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15376]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2017-0206; FRL-9964-67-OECA]
Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed Administrative Settlement,
Penalty Assessment and Opportunity To Comment Regarding JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into a
Consent Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPMC or Respondent)
to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Clean Air Act
(CAA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and their
implementing regulations.
The Administrator is hereby providing public notice of this Consent
Agreement and proposed Final Order (CAFO), and providing an opportunity
for interested persons to comment on the CAFO. Upon closure of the
public comment period, the CAFO and any public comments will be
forwarded to the Agency's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB).
DATES: Comments are due on or before August 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OECA-2017-0206, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not
submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the Web,
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective
comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip Milton, Waste and Chemical
Enforcement Division (2249-A), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202)
564-5029; fax: (202) 564-0010; email: milton.philip@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This proposed settlement agreement is the result of voluntary
disclosures of CWA, CAA, RCRA and EPCRA violations by JPMC to the EPA.
JPMC and affiliated entities comprise one of the largest financial
services firms in the United States, offering investment banking,
financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial
banking, financial transaction processing and asset management, both
domestically and internationally. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. is a
national banking association with its main office located at 1111
Polaris Parkway, Columbus, Ohio 43240.
On August 6, 2014, EPA accepted JPMC's June 19, 2014 proposal to
enter into an audit agreement to audit 133 facilities owned and/or
operated by JPMC or affiliated entities for compliance with the CAA,
CWA, EPCRA, and RCRA under EPA's Incentives for Self-Policing:
Discovery, Disclosure, Correction and Prevention of Violations (Audit
Policy), 65 FR 19618 (April 11, 2000). On December 19, 2014, JPMC
provided its final report.
In follow-up to its 2014 Audit and JPMC's commitment to prevent
recurrence of noncompliance in the future, JPMC developed and
implemented a compliance management system (CMS) that incudes annual
auditing. JPMC approached the design of this annual audit program with
the same integrity and objectivity as used in the original 2014 Audit
program. With the benefit of this expertise, JPMC conducted annual
internal audits in 2015 (at 42 sites) and 2016 (at 39 sites) and
disclosed additional potential noncompliance discovered through its
2015 and 2016 internal audits on November 20, 2015 and December 2,
2016, respectively.
All violations discovered and disclosed by the Respondent are
listed in Attachments A and B to the CAFO.
Proposed Settlement
The EPA determined that Respondent satisfactorily completed its
audit and has met all conditions set forth in the Audit Policy for the
violations identified in Attachment A of the CAFO. Therefore, 100
percent of the gravity-based penalty calculated for the violations
identified in Attachment A of the CAFO is being waived.
Attachment B of the CAFO identifies certain violations that did not
meet all the conditions of the Audit Policy. For these violations, a
gravity-based penalty of $52,977 is assessed.
For all violations listed in Attachments A and B, EPA calculated an
economic benefit of noncompliance of $177,415. This number was
calculated using specific cost information provided by Respondent and
use of the Economic Benefit (BEN) computer model.
JPMC has agreed to pay a total civil penalty of $230,392 for all
the violations identified in Attachments A and B of the CAFO. Of this
amount, $177,415 is the economic benefit of noncompliance and $52,977
is the gravity-based penalty for the violations listed in Attachment B
of the CAFO.
Of this total amount, $16,731 is attributable to the CAA
violations, $88,538 is attributable to the CWA SPCC violations, $27,649
is attributable to the RCRA violations, and $97,474 is attributable to
the EPCRA violations.
The EPA and Respondent negotiated the Consent Agreement in
accordance with the Consolidated Rules of Practice, 40 CFR part 22,
specifically 40 CFR 22.13(b) and 22.18(b) (In re: JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A.; enforcement settlement identifier numbers CAA-HQ-2017-6001, CWA-
HQ-2017-6001; EPCRA-HQ-2017-6001; and RCRA-HQ-2017-6001). This Consent
Agreement is subject to public notice and comment under Section
[[Page 33906]]
311(b)(6)(C) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(C). The procedures by
which the public may comment on a proposed CWA Class II penalty order,
or participate in a Class II penalty proceeding, are set forth in 40
CFR 22.45. The deadline for submitting public comment on this proposed
Final Order is [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE
Federal Register]. All comments will be transferred to the EAB for
consideration. The EAB's powers and duties are outlined in 40 CFR
22.4(a).
Disclosed and Corrected Violations
CWA
Respondent disclosed that it failed to prepare and/or implement a
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan in violation
of CWA Section 311(j), 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), and the implementing
regulations found at 40 CFR part 112, at the following forty-four (44)
facilities located in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Indiana,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Texas, identified in Attachments A and B of
the CAFO.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Facility Street City State
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sky Harbor Operations Center...... 1820 E Sky Harbor Phoenix............. Arizona.
Circle S.
560 Mission Street................ 560 Mission Street... San Francisco....... California.
Iron Hill-Cole House Bldg......... 4041 Ogletown Road... Newark.............. Delaware.
880 Powder Mill Rd................ 880 Powder Mill Rd... Wilmington.......... Delaware.
Four Christina Center............. 300 King Street...... Wilmington.......... Delaware.
7255 Baymeadows Way............... 7255 Baymeadows Way.. Jacksonville........ Florida.
7301 Baymeadows Way............... 7301 Baymeadows Way.. Jacksonville........ Florida.
H01--H03 Highland Manor Drive..... 10410-30 Highland Tampa............... Florida.
Manor Drive.
4200 W Cypress Street............. 4200 W. Cypress Tampa............... Florida.
Street, Suite 350.
HO1-10430 Highland Manor.......... 10430 Highland Manor Tampa............... Florida.
Drive.
Indianapolis West Operation Center 7610 West Washington Indianapolis........ Indiana.
Street.
IRS Louisville Operations......... 5101 Interchange Way. Louisville.......... Kentucky.
Vault Complex..................... 1245 Edwards Road.... Harahan............. Louisiana.
Delta Drive Complex............... 780 Kansas Lane...... Monroe.............. Louisiana.
780 Delta Drive......
700 Kansas Lane......
Zachary Command Center............ 4431-B Highway 19.... Zachary............. Louisiana.
451 D Street...................... 70 Fargo Street...... Boston.............. Massachusetts.
Belleville Technology Center...... 9000 Haggerty Road... Belleville.......... Michigan.
1 Northeastern Blvd............... 1 Northeastern Blvd.. Salem............... New Hampshire.
4 Northeastern Blvd............... 4 Northeastern Blvd..
5 Northeastern Blvd............... 5 Northeastern Blvd..
Carlstadt Data Center............. 600 Commerce Carlstadt........... New Jersey.
Boulevard.
NOC 5--575 Washington............. 575 Washington Jersey City......... New Jersey.
Boulevard.
Weehawken Data Center............. 300 Boulevard East... Weehawken........... New Jersey.
Flatbush Ave...................... 883 Flatbush Avenue.. Brooklyn............ New York.
WM5469 Dekalb..................... 9 DeKalb Ave......... Brooklyn............ New York.
New Rochelle Main St.............. 491 Main Street...... New Rochelle........ New York.
SoHo.............................. 525 Broadway......... New York............ New York.
383 Madison Avenue (BSC).......... 383 Madison Avenue... New York............ New York.
WM5477 East Village............... 130 Second Ave....... New York............ New York.
270 Park Avenue................... 270 Park Avenue...... New York............ New York.
1000 Polaris...................... 1000 Polaris Parkway. Columbus............ Ohio.
Polaris McCoy Center.............. 1111 Polaris Parkway. Columbus............ Ohio.
3415 Vision Drive................. 3415 Vision Drive.... Columbus............ Ohio.
340 McCoy Building................ 340 South Cleveland Westerville......... Ohio.
Avenue.
370 McCoy Building................ 370 South Cleveland Westerville......... Ohio.
Avenue.
380 McCoy Building................ 380 South Cleveland Westerville......... Ohio.
Avenue.
Arlington Call Center............. 4501 New York Avenue. Arlington........... Texas.
WM7097 Dallas EDC 1............... 2500 Marsh Lane...... Carrolton........... Texas.
Freeport IV....................... 1111 North Point Coppell............. Texas.
Drive.
Freeport TX....................... 625 Freeport Parkway. Coppell............. Texas.
JPMIP One......................... 14201 North Dallas Farmers Branch...... Texas.
Parkway.
1111 Fannin....................... 1111 Fannin.......... Houston............. Texas.
WM7266 Royal Ridge Operations 3929 W John Carpenter Irving.............. Texas.
Center RROC. Freeway.
Lake Vista III (BSC).............. 2780 Lake Vista Drive Lewisville.......... Texas.
Lake Vista 7--Lewisville.......... 2777 Lake Vista Drive Lewisville.......... Texas.
WM2200 Stone Oak Bldg C........... 20855 Stone Oak San Antonio......... Texas.
Parkway.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Under CWA Section 311(b)(6)(A), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(A), any owner,
operator, or person in charge of a vessel, onshore facility, or
offshore facility from which oil is discharged in violation of CWA
Section 311(b)(3), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(3), or who fails or refuses to
comply with any regulations that have been issued under CWA Section
311(j), 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), may be assessed an administrative civil
penalty of up to $226,338 by the EPA. Class II proceedings under CWA
Section 311(b)(6), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6), are conducted in accordance
with 40 CFR part 22. As authorized by CWA Section 311(b)(6), 33 U.S.C.
1321(b)(6), the EPA has assessed a civil penalty for these violations.
Pursuant to CWA Section 311(b)(6)(C), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(C), the
EPA will not issue an order in this proceeding prior to the close of
the public comment period.
[[Page 33907]]
EPCRA
Respondent disclosed that it violated EPCRA Section 311(a), 42
U.S.C. 11021(a), and the implementing regulations found at 40 CFR part
370, at seventy-four (74) facilities listed in Attachments A and B of
the CAFO when it failed to submit a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
for a hazardous chemical(s) and/or extremely hazardous substance(s) or,
in the alternative, a list of such chemicals, to the LEPCs, SERCs, and
the fire departments with jurisdiction over these facilities. These
seventy-four (74) facilities are located in the following states:
Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Texas.
Respondent disclosed that it violated EPCRA Section 312(a), 42
U.S.C. 11022(a), and the implementing regulations found at 40 CFR part
370, at seventy-three (73) facilities listed in Attachments A and B of
the CAFO when it failed to prepare and submit emergency and chemical
inventory forms to the LEPCs, SERCs, and the fire departments with
jurisdiction over these facilities. These seventy-one facilities are
located in the following states: Arizona, California, Delaware,
Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts,
Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Texas.
Under EPCRA Section 325, 42 U.S.C. 11045, the Administrator may
issue an administrative order assessing a civil penalty against any
person who has violated applicable emergency planning or right-to-know
requirements, or any other requirement of EPCRA. Proceedings under
EPCRA Section 325, 42 U.S.C. 11045, are conducted in accordance with 40
CFR part 22. The EPA, as authorized by EPCRA Section 325, 42 U.S.C.
11045, has assessed a civil penalty for these violations.
CAA
ODS Requirements
Respondent disclosed that it violated CAA Sections 608(a)(1) and
(2), 42 U.S.C. 7671g(a)(l) and (2), and the implementing regulations
found 40 CFR part 82, at thirty-four (34) facilities listed in
Attachments A and B of the CAFO when it failed to maintain records
required by 40 CFR 82.166 for its appliances. These thirty-four (34)
facilities are located in the following states: Arizona, California,
Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Texas, and Wisconsin.
CAA NSPS Subpart IIII
Respondent disclosed that it failed to comply with CAA Section 111,
42 U.S.C. 7411, and 40 CFR part 60, subpart IIII when it failed to
maintain a 12-month rolling total log of the hours of operation for
four (4) compression ignition internal combustion engines (emergency
generators) at one (1) facility in Michigan.
Under CAA Section 113(d), 42 U.S.C. 7413(d), the Administrator may
issue an administrative penalty order to any person who has violated or
is in violation of any applicable requirement or prohibition of the
CAA, including any rule, order, waiver, permit, or plan. Proceedings
under CAA Section 113(d), 42 U.S.C. 7413(d), are conducted in
accordance with 40 CFR part 22. The EPA, as authorized by the CAA, has
assessed a civil penalty for these violations.
RCRA
Respondent disclosed that it failed to comply with RCRA Section
3002 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6922, and the regulations found at 40 CFR part
273, at seventy-eight (78) facilities listed in Attachments A and B of
the CAFO when it failed to maintain proper universal waste disposal and
handling by failing to properly store, label, or inventory spent
fluorescent lamps and tubes, used lead-acid batteries, and by failing
to train employees in proper identification. These seventy-eight (78)
facilities are located in the following states: Arizona, California,
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Under RCRA Section 3008, 42 U.S.C. 6928, the Administrator may
issue an order assessing a civil penalty for any past or current
violation the RCRA. Proceedings under RCRA Section 3008, 42 U.S.C.
6928, are conducted in accordance with 40 CFR part 22. The EPA, as
authorized by the RCRA, has assessed a civil penalty for these
violations.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: June 29, 2017.
Susan Shinkman,
Director, Office of Civil Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance.
[FR Doc. 2017-15376 Filed 7-20-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
