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Administrative - Formal · FY2002 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 87116

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Case

Case Number
05-2002-1037
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 December 27, 2001, at 5:30 a.m., the respondent's facility had a release had a release of 1,202 pounds 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 was 12 times the RQ. The person in charge of the facility notified the National Response Center on December 27, 2001, at 12:05 p.m. or 6 hours and 30 minutes after the release. The facility has agreed to train all of the mangers at all their facilities in the United States about the release reporting requirements of CERCLA and EPCRA. The facility has agreed to resolve the EPCRA violation connected with this release, with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for about $15,468

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