EPA v. WHITE HOUSE UTILITY DISTRICT

Case summary

11/19/09 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $10,500, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: ON AUGUST 17, 2008, A CSX TRAIN LEAPED THE TRACKS AND CRASHED INTO RESPONDENT'S CHEMICAL STORAGE FACILITY WHERE RESPONDENT STORED CHEMICALS USED IN THE TREATMENT OR WATER. RESPONDENT DID NOT CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE DERAILMENT, NOR COULD IT HAVE PREVENTED THE DERAILMENT. AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH, THE FOLLOWING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WERE DISCHARGED IN THE QUANTITIES NOTED BELOW FROM RESPONDENT'S FACILITY INTO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY THAT EMPTIES INTO THE CUMBERLAND RIVER. ALUMINUM SULFATE/1.33 - AMOUNT RELEASED - 15,000 GALLONS; SODIUM BISULFITE/1.3 - AMOUNT RELEASED - 2,000 GALLONS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE/1.2 - AMOUNT RELEASED - 500 GALLONS.

Defendants (1)

• WHITE HOUSE UTILITY DISTRICTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (3)

• WHITEHOUSE UTILITY DISTRICT WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  317 ROCKLAND ROAD, HENDERSONVILLE, TN, 37075-3468

  Registry ID: 110037444478

• WHITEHOUSE UTILITY DISTRICT WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  317 ROCKLAND ROAD, HENDERSONVILLE, TN, 37075-3468

  Registry ID: 110037444478

• WHITEHOUSE UTILITY DISTRICT WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  317 ROCKLAND ROAD, HENDERSONVILLE, TN, 37075-3468

  Registry ID: 110037444478

Statutes cited

• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• WHITE HOUSE UTILITY DISTRICTentered 2009-11-19

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $10,500

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2009-11-19Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2009-11-19Final Order Issued
• 2010-01-06Enforcement Action Data Entered