EPA v. MALTER INTERNATIONAL
Penalty assessed
$7,000
Compliance action
$10,000
Case summary
MALTER INTERATIONAL OPERATED A CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION FACILITY IN PITTSON PENNSYLVANIA DURING 1996 AND 1997 UNTIL A FIRE IN SEPTEMBER 1997 FORCED THEM TO MOVE OPERATIONS TO WEST WYOMING, PA. WHILE OPERATING AT THE PITTSON FACILITY, MALTER INTERNATIONAL NEVER COMPLIED WITH SECTION 311 OR SECTION 312 OF EPCRA BY REPORTING THE STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ABOVE THRESHOLD LEVELS FOR WHICH OSHA REQUIRED MSDS'S TO BE MAINTAINED. AFTER MOVING TO WEST WYOMING, PA, IN NOVEMBER OF 1997, MALTER INTERNATIONAL FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS 311 AND 312 EPCRA. THE VIOLATION ALLEGED IN THE COMPLAINTS SPAN THE YEARS OF 1997, 1998 AND 1999.
Defendants (1)
- MALTER INTERNATIONALNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
MALTER INTL
16 GRAVITY ST, PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, PA, 18640
Registry ID: 110004883225
MALTER INTL
242 W EIGHTH ST, WEST WYOMING, PA, 18644
Registry ID: 110010582299
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 312 — Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
- EPCRA 311 — Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MALTER INTERNATIONALentered 2001-11-08
Primary law: EPCRA
Federal penalty: $7,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2000-04-12Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-05-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2001-11-08Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 18959
- Case number
- 03-2000-0222
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- Branch
- 3RC42
- EPA region
- 03
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-2000-0222 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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