EPA v. MEL Chemicals, Inc.
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Respondent failed to report 15 reportable chemical substances on its 2012 Chemical Data Reporting submittal. Respondent has corrected the CDR and has also been required to submit a premanufacture notice (PMN) for each of 10 new chemical substances. EPA anticipates requiring Respondent to submit additional health and safety testing data to complete the PMN process.
Defendants (1)
- MEL Chemicals, Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
MEL CHEMICALS INC.
500 POINT BREEZE RD, FLEMINGTON, NJ, 08822
Registry ID: 110000322053
MEL CHEMICALS INC.
500 POINT BREEZE RD, FLEMINGTON, NJ, 08822
Registry ID: 110000322053
Statutes cited
- TSCA 5A/5B — Failure To Comply With Significant New Use Rules and Pre-manufacture Notice
- TSCA 8B — Failure To Comply With Invention Update Rule
- TSCA 8 — Reporting & Retention of Information
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MEL Chemicals, Inc.entered 2017-09-29
Primary law: TSCA
Federal penalty: $250,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2017-08-09Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2017-09-29Final Order Issued
- 2017-09-29Enforcement Action Closed
- 2017-10-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3601194319
- Case number
- 02-2017-9143
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 02
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Failure To Comply With Significant New Use Rules and Pre-manufacture Notice
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2017-9143 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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