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SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS, INC

Administrative - Formal · FY2014 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3400196593

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Case

Case Number
03-2014-0013
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (1)

Summary

THE REGIONAL JUDICIAL OFFICER ISSUED A FINAL ORDER ON DECEMBER 24, 2013, ACCEPTING THE CONSENT AGREEMENT TO COMMENCE AND SETTLE VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA SECTION 304 IN CONNECTION WITH THE RELEASE OF 13,933 POUNDS OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 FROM A SOLVENT ACCUMULATION FACILITY OWNED AND OPERATED BY SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS, INC., LOCATED AT 77 TOWPATH ROAD IN FAIRLESS HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA. SAFETY-KLEEN FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION ( SERC ) OR THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE ( LEPC ) FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL FROM THE FACILITY, AND FAILED TO SUBMIT REQUIRED FOLLOW-UP REPORTS TO SERC AND LEPC. IN SETTLEMENT, SAFETY-KLEEN HAS AGREED TO PAY A CASH PENALTY AND TO IMPLEMENT A SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT INVOLVING THE PURCHASE OF SPILL RESPONSE EQUIPMENT FOR THE FALLS TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE RETROFIT OF A PICKUP TRUCK INTO A RESPONSE VEHICLE TO SAFELY TRANSPORT THAT EQUIPMENT.

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EPA ECHO
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