EPA v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY (FPL)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
7/13/10 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,759, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
Defendants (1)
- FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
FPL - ST LUCIE PLANT
6501 SOUTH STATE ROAD, JENSEN BEACH, FL, 34957
Registry ID: 110006645247
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
Enforcement conclusions (1)
FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY (FPL)entered 2010-07-13
Primary law: CERCLA
Federal penalty: $5,759
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2010-07-13Final Order Issued
- 2010-07-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2010-08-13Enforcement Action Closed
- 2010-08-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 2200000030
- Case number
- 04-2010-2036
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2010-2036 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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