Crop Production Services experienced releases of anhydrous ammonia above its reportable quantity at its Greenville, MI, Lake Odessa, MI and Attica, IN facilities due to attempted theft on 5/27/2010, 3/26/2013 and 8/2/2010 respectively. All three facilities were late in notifying the National Response Center (NRC), the State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs), and their Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs). Each facility was also late in providing their written follow-up reports to the SERCs and LEPCs. Because CPS worked towards a quick settlement and performed environmentally beneficial projects, the EPA agreed to mitigate the total penalty to $115,000.
CPS removed anhydrous ammonia from the Greenville site, installed video cameras and security lights at the Lake Odessa and Attica sites and upgraded the anhydrous ammonia delivery and storage system at the Greenville site and at a CPS facility in Greenfield, IL. The EPA valued these projects at $86,250 resulting in a final cash penalty settlement of $28,750.