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MALTER INTERNATIONAL

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · — · 18959

$7K
Penalty
—
Cost recovery
$10K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-2000-0222
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
—
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

MALTER INTERATIONAL OPERATED A CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION FACILITY IN PITTSON PENNSYLVANIA DURING 1996 AND 1997 UNTIL A FIRE IN SEPTEMBER 1997 FORCED THEM TO MOVE OPERATIONS TO WEST WYOMING, PA. WHILE OPERATING AT THE PITTSON FACILITY, MALTER INTERNATIONAL NEVER COMPLIED WITH SECTION 311 OR SECTION 312 OF EPCRA BY REPORTING THE STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ABOVE THRESHOLD LEVELS FOR WHICH OSHA REQUIRED MSDS'S TO BE MAINTAINED. AFTER MOVING TO WEST WYOMING, PA, IN NOVEMBER OF 1997, MALTER INTERNATIONAL FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS 311 AND 312 EPCRA. THE VIOLATION ALLEGED IN THE COMPLAINTS SPAN THE YEARS OF 1997, 1998 AND 1999.

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