EPA v. COOPERS CREEK CHEMICAL CORP

Case summary

On March 9, 2010, Region III filed an administrative consent agreement and final order (“CAFO”) entered into with Coopers Creek Chemical Corporation. The CAFO simultaneously commenced and concluded an enforcement action for violations at the company’s facility in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The CAFO resolves the company’s violations of Section 313 of EPCRA, for the 2005 reporting year, whereby the company failed to submit Form R reports for the following toxic chemicals: Biphenol, Phenol, Cresol, Anthracene, Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, and 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene and underreported its fugitive air emissions for the toxic chemical Creosote. Under the terms of the CAFO, the company is required to pay a civil penalty. The company has already come into compliance by submitting the required and/or corrected Form R reports.

Defendants (1)

• COOPERS CREEK CHEMICAL CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• COOPERS CREEK CHEMICAL CORPORATION

  884 RIVER RD., WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, 19428

  Registry ID: 110038175998

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• COOPERS CREEK CHEMICAL CORPentered 2010-03-09

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $44,100

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2010-03-09Final Order Issued
• 2010-03-09Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2010-03-11Enforcement Action Data Entered