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Dominick's Finer Foods Clean Air Act Settlement

CHICAGO, IL - The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency today announced they have reached an agreement with Dominick’s Finer Foods LLC to resolve alleged violations of federal regulations to protect stratospheric ozone.

Under the agreement, Dominick’s will take steps that will cut by over 35 tons future releases of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants, known as “CFCs”, that destroy stratospheric or “good” ozone. Within two years, Dominick’s will retrofit 23 of its supermarkets in and around Chicago with a system that uses non-ozone-depleting refrigerant and will retrofit or retire the refrigeration systems in six additional Chicago-area stores. The company also agreed that, in any new stores built after the agreement takes effect, it will only install commercial refrigeration units that use an EPA-approved non-ozone- depleting refrigerant. The company will pay a civil penalty of $85,000 for alleged past leaks of ozone-depleting refrigerants.

“Today’s agreement demonstrates that strong enforcement of our nation’s environmental laws results in a much safer environment,” said Assistant Attorney General Tom Sansonetti. “The actions Dominick’s has agreed to today will benefit not only the ozone layer, but will also ensure a safer environment for our future generations.”

 

For more information, contact:

Charlie Garlow
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2242A)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20460-0001
(202) 564-1088
garlow.charlie@epa.gov

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