EPA v. NUTRA-BLEND LLC (dba OLD MILL TROY)

Case summary

On April 29, 2019, EPA and Nutra-Blend, L.L.C., d.b.a. Old Mill Troy, settled an administrative penalty case for alleged violations of EPCRA�s implementing regulations that occurred at Nutra-Blend�s animal feed supplement manufacturing facility in St. Albans, Vermont. The case Complaint, filed on March 28, 2019, alleged that Nutra-Blend failed to provide EPCRA Section 313 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reports for five toxic chemical compounds used at the Old Mill Troy facility during calendar year 2016. Nutra-Blend corrected the violations by submitting the missing forms shortly after EPA inspected the facility in September 2018. The parties settled the case with a Consent Agreement and Final Order, filed on April 29, 2019, in which Nutra Blend agreed to pay a $111,060 settlement penalty. On March 28, 2019, EPA filed an EPCRA administrative penalty action against Nutra Blend, L.L.C. (Nutra-Blend), dba Old Mill Troy, for alleged violations of EPCRA and EPCRA's implementing regulations that occurred at Nutra-Blend's animal feed supplement manufacturing facility in St. Albans, Vermont. Nutra-Blend failed to provide EPCRA Section 313 reports for zinc, manganese, selenium, copper, and cobalt compounds processed at the facility during calendar year 2016. EPA's complaint pleads five counts (one for each chemical compound) with notice pleading for penalties.

Defendants (1)

• Nutra-Blend LLC (dba Old Mill Troy)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• NUTRA-BLEND (OLD MILL TROY)

  79 WALNUT STREET, SAINT ALBANS, VT, 05478

  Registry ID: 110069429853

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NUTRA-BLEND LLC (dba OLD MILL TROY)entered 2019-04-29

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $111,060

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2019-03-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2019-04-15Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2019-04-29Final Order Issued