US EPA announced a federal enforcement action (including a $261,283 fine & federal consent agreement) against Apple Inc over this unpermitted semiconductor manufacturing facility. EPA published the legal documents and the case docket for their RCRA ("Resource Conservation and Recovery Act" federal hazardous waste management) enforcement action taken against Apple Inc over its Santa Clara chip fab facility at 3250 Scott Blvd.

On Oct. 27 2025, US EPA entered a Consent Agreement & Final Order with Apple over some of the hazardous waste violations from Aug. 2023 and Jan. 2024. View the EPA Docket here: In re Apple, Inc., US EPA Docket No. RCRA-09-2026-0006.

(Citation: In the Matter of Apple, Inc., U.S. EPA Docket No. RCRA-09-2026-0006, Consent Agreement and Final Order (EPA Region IX Oct. 27, 2025).

SFGate reported on the settlement, Citizen Suit, and the next steps for the community.

The environmental Citizen Suit was filed on Sept. 2 2025. View the docket and filings here: ​https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71272728/gjovik-v-apple-inc/

There was a rally and press conference about the facility, including about this incoming Citizen Suit, on August 16 2025. NBC Bay Area reported on the event.