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Enforcement

2004 Complaints and 2005 Prehearing Exchange for E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company

The settlement resolves DuPont's violations related to the synthetic chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which includes the four violations alleged in the Agency's two complaints filed against DuPont in July and December 2004, (EPA Files New Claim Alleging DuPont Withheld PFOA Information) and settles four additional counts involving information about PFOA that EPA obtained after initiating its action against DuPont.

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Complaint: E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company (12/6/04) (PDF)(14 pp, 229 K)
Complaint: E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company (7/8/04) (PDF)(31 pp, 2 MB)
Prehearing Exchange: PFOA E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company (PDF)(24 pp, 115 K)