Notice Of Noncompliance

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Notice of Noncompliance in the United States

Notice of Noncompliance in Environmental Law

A notice sent by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state agency to inform the recipient that it is not complying with specified sections of the Clean Air Act. The notice is preliminary to payment of a penalty for delayed compliance with one of the specified programs under the Clean Air Act, such as the acid deposition, permitting, and stratospheric ozone provisions.

Unlike a number of other enforcement provisions, Section 120 of the Clean Air Act aims to recover the savings a company or other person realized because it did not comply with the law on time. For example, if a business was supposed to limit its emissions of sulfur dioxide by 15 March and it is out of compliance after that date, the EPA can consider what it has saved by not investing in pollution control equipment. The penalty will depend on the cost of the equipment at the time it should have been installed, the cost of maintaining, testing, and other costs associated with upkeep, and the value of money.

The notice of noncompliance places a duty on the recipient to calculate its own penalty based on the EPA’s regulations and begin submitting payments within four months. Payment of the penalty does not eliminate other rights of enforcement the government has. In the example above, the company has not only delayed putting the appropriate equipment into service, it has also been violating the emission limits. The notice of noncompliance does not deal with the emission violations, so the EPA can use a separate section of the Clean Air Act to collect penalties for them.

The notice of noncompliance is unique to the Clean Air Act, but the concept of recovering delayed compliance costs is not. In settlement discussions and penalty calculations for violations of the Clean Water Act, for instance, the government uses the economic benefit realized as an absolute bottom line in calculating the penalty. The penalty cannot go below that figure because the statute prohibits it. The penalty policies for settlement reflect the overriding concern that compliance must not be delayed to save money.
Based on “Environment and the Law. A Dictionary”.

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  1. Non Attainment Areas
  2. Nonbinding Allocation Of Responsibility ISSL
  3. Nonconventional Pollutant
  4. Nondegradation Policy
  5. Notice And Comment
  6. Notice Letter
  7. Notice Of Violation
  8. Nonprofit Organizations
  9. Negligence
  10. North Korea
  11. National Ambient Air Quality Standards
  12. National Contingency Plan
  13. National Emission Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants
  14. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  15. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
  16. National Priority List
  17. Natural Resources Damages
  18. Natural Resources Defense Council
  19. Negotiated Rulemaking
  20. New Source Performance Standards
  21. New Source Review
  22. Nitrogen Oxides
  23. North American Free Trade Agreement
  24. Nominating Commission
  25. Nominating Criteria
  26. Nonpartisan Election
  27. Norm Enforcement
  28. Natural Resources
  29. Inspection
  30. Nobiles Magis Plectuntur Pecunia; Plebes Vero In Corporo
  31. Nolens Volens
  32. Nomen Generale
  33. Nominal
  34. Nominativus Pendens
  35. Non Acceptavit
  36. Non Compos Mentis
  37. Non Debeo Melioris Conditionis Esse, Quam Auctor Meus A Quo Jus In Me Transit
  38. Non Definitur In Jure Quid Sit Conatus
  39. Non Est Disputandum Contra Principia Negantem
  40. Non Facies Ivialuivi, Ut Inde Veniat Bonum
  41. Non Intromittendo, Quando Breve Praecipe In Capite Subdole Impetratur
  42. Non Omittas
  43. Non Refert An Quis Assensum Suum Praefert Verbis, An Rebus Ipsis Et Factls
  44. Non Solent Quae Abundant Vitiare Scripturas
  45. Non Tenent Insimul
  46. Non Videtur Consensum Retinuisse Si Quis Ex Praescripto Minantis Aiiquid Immutavit
  47. Noncontinuous Easement
  48. Nonresident
  49. Nonuser
  50. Nosocomi
  51. Notarial
  52. Notice
  53. Notice To Admit
  54. Notorious
  55. Novatio
  56. Novi Operis Nunciatio
  57. Noxa Sequitur Caput
  58. Non-Commercial Torts
  59. Notary Public
  60. Noncumulative Preferred Stock
  61. Nonelection Year
  62. Norms
  63. Nondischargeability
  64. Notaries Public
  65. Noncompetition Agreements
  66. Nonprice Restraints
  67. North American Free Trade
  68. Northern Pacific Halibut Fishing
  69. Northeast Corridor Improvement Program
  70. Nonrefundable Personal Credits

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