EPA v. CALGON CARBON CORPORATION

Case summary

1/26/10 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $2,418, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP. ON SEPT 19, 2007, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA SECTION 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATLEY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. ON JULY 14, 2008, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SPENT CARBON THAT EXCEEDED THE RQ OF 10 POUND FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THE HAZARDOUS WASTES CONSTITUENTS CONTAINED IN THE SPENT CARBON BEING STORED AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA SECTION 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE THAT THE RELEASE OF SPENT CARBON WAS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ FOR ONE OF THE RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE CONSTITUENTS OF THE SPENT CARBON AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• CALGON CARBON CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• CALGON CARBON CORPORATION

  15024 US HIGHWAY 23, CATLETTSBURG, KY, 41129

  Registry ID: 110008459578

• CALGON CARBON CORPORATION

  15024 US HIGHWAY 23, CATLETTSBURG, KY, 41129

  Registry ID: 110008459578

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CALGON CARBON CORPORATIONentered 2010-01-26

  Primary law: CERCLA

  Federal penalty: $2,418 · SEP: $9,069

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2010-01-26Final Order Issued
• 2010-01-26Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2010-02-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-02-05Enforcement Action Closed