VIOLATION OF TITLE V PERMIT ISSUED UNDER THE CAA. VIOLATIONS OF THE NPDES PERMITS ISSUED UNDER CWA. RESULT = EXCESS EMISSIONS TO THE AIR AND SEDIMENT AND POLLUTANTS EMITTED TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER.
ONE DEFENDANT: TRONOX, INC., PRODUCES TITANIUM DIOXIDE ALSO OPERATES A SULFURIC ACID PLANT AND GYPSUM PLANT.
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF = COMPLIANCE WITH PERMIT. PENALITES = OVER $20 MILLION.
SEE SENSITIVE COMMENTS FOR RCRA INFORMATION.
9-24-08 - REFERRAL AMENDED TO INCLUDE CERCLA 103(a) COUNTS. SEE SENSITIVE COMMENTS FOR DETAILS.
2/8/11 - ON FEB 8, 2011, A CD WAS ENTERED IN THE SD GA BETWEEN DOJ REPRESENTING EPA AND TRONOX PIGMENTS (SAVANNAH), INC (TRONOX), TO RESOLVE VIOLATIONS OF CAA, CWA, RCRA, AND CERCLA. THE CD INCLUDES A $4.2 MILLION PENALTY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF UNDER THE CAA, RCRA, AND CWA. TRONOX IS IN BANKRUPTCY AND THE CD IS SUBJECT TO THE REORGANIZATION PLAN CURRENTLY BEING NEGOTIATED.