EPA v. Rohm & Haas Company

Case summary

Audit Policy Case - On Spetember 26,2003, EPA issued a Notice of Violation based on a self-disclosure provided by Rohm and Haas Comapny, Philadelphia Plant for violations of Section 313 of EPCRA. In letters to EPA dated April 4, 2003, May 23, 2003, and in subsequent responses to EPA Rohm and Haas disclosed that they had under reported the amount of chemicals to be released offsite on the Toxic Chemical Relese Inventory Form. The total gravity-based civil penalty for these violations would be 44,000.00, However, Rohm and Haas satisfied all of the conditions of EPA's Self-Disclosure Policy and therefore EPA waived the gravity-based civil penalty for the disclosed violations

Defendants (1)

• Rohm & Haas CompanyNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• ROHM & HAAS COMPANY PHILADELPHIA PLANT

  5000 RICHMOND ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19137

  Registry ID: 110000492413

• ROHM & HAAS COMPANY PHILADELPHIA PLANT

  5000 RICHMOND ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19137

  Registry ID: 110000492413

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ROHM & HAAS COMPANYentered 2003-09-26

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2003-05-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2003-09-26Final Order Issued