EPA v. BRENNTAG MID-SOUTH, INC.

Case summary

5/11/06 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED. RESPONDENT AGREES TO PAY A PENALTY OF $1,321 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATIONS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO PAY A PENALTY OF $1,321 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP. ON DECEMBER 15, 2004, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ). EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIO 103(a) OF CERCLA BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESOPNDENT'S FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIO 304(a) OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWELDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• BRENNTAG MID-SOUTH, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• BRENNTAG MIDSOUTH INCORPORATED

  2225 LAWRENCE AVENUE, EAST POINT, GA, 30344

  Registry ID: 110005668214

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
• EPCRA 304 — Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• BRENNTAG MID-SOUTH, INC.entered 2006-05-11

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $2,642 · SEP: $10,082

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2006-05-11Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2006-05-11Final Order Issued
• 2006-05-18Enforcement Action Data Entered