EPA v. Tonawanda Coke Corporation
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
This is a compliance order in response to violations of the General Duty Clause of the CAA Sections 112r, Part 68. The Respondent had a fire and explosion on January 31, 2014 and in order to prevent such a release from occurring again, the order requires that the facility make changes to their operating procedures and develop new procedures to increase plant safety.
Defendants (1)
- Tonawanda Coke CorporationNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
TONAWANDA COKE CORPORATION
3875 RIVER RD., TONAWANDA, NY, 14150
Registry ID: 110000326772
Statutes cited
- CAA 112R — General Duty/Accidental Release
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Tonawanda Coke Corporationentered 2014-09-30
Primary law: CAA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2014-09-30Final Order Issued
- 2014-09-30Enforcement Action Closed
- 2014-10-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3400295687
- Case number
- 02-2014-1012
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 02
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- General Duty/Accidental Release
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2014-1012 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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