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Sysco Food Services/Cincinnati - CERCLA-05-2002-0015

Administrative - Formal · FY2002 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 86000

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Case

Case Number
05-2002-0348
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (1)

Summary

'On June 26, 1998 at 5:00 p.m. Sysco Food Services/Cincinnati, Evendale, Ohio had a 2,000 pound release of anhydrous ammonia, Anhydrous ammonia is a hazardous substance under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act with a reportable quantity of 100 pounds. This release is 20 times the RQ. The person in charge of the facility never called the National Response Center. Sysco Food Services/Cincinnati has completed environmentally beneficial projects aimed at protecting human health and the environment. They have spent $550,000 on these projects. They automated their alarm system that will automatically shut down their refrigeration system when an ammonia leak is detected and it will notify someone via a pager that an ammonia leak has occurred. They have instituted an aggressive component replacement and maintenance schedule. They have encased and protected any exposed system components. Lastly, they have installed a second cooling tower. These projects do not qualify as supplemental environmental projects because these projects were completed before the Agency commenced an enforcement action.'

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