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Jewel Food Stores Clean Air Act Settlement

Washington, D.C. - The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency today announced they have reached an agreement with Jewel Food Stores, Inc. to resolve alleged violations of federal regulations to protect stratospheric ozone.

Under the agreement filed in the federal district court in Chicago, Jewel will take steps that will prevent over 145,000 pounds of future releases of ozone-depleting refrigerants - such as chlorofluorocarbons, known as "CFCs" - that destroy stratospheric or "good" ozone. Jewel will retrofit at least 37 of its supermarkets in and around Chicago with systems that use non-ozone-depleting refrigerants by the year 2007. In addition, the company agreed that, in any new stores built in and around Chicago after the agreement takes effect, it will only install commercial refrigeration units that use an EPA-approved non-ozone-depleting refrigerant. Jewel will also retrofit any unit that has more than three significant leaks in a year in any of its other stores. The company will also pay a civil penalty of $100,000 for alleged past leaks of ozone-depleting refrigerants.

 

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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