EPA v. TRONOX PIGMENTS (SAVANNAH) INC.

Case summary

6/9/10 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $2,879, DUE WITHING 30 DAYS. ON DEC 9, 2009, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE4 OF SULFURIC ACID ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT OF CERCLA SEC 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SULFURIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• TRONOX PIGMENTS (SAVANNAH) INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• TRONOX PIGMENTS (SAVANNAH) INC

  1 KERR-MCGEE ROAD, SAVANNAH, GA, 31401

  Registry ID: 110002082353

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• TRONOX PIGMENTS (SAVANNAH) INC.entered 2010-06-09

  Primary law: CERCLA

  Federal penalty: $2,879

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2010-06-09Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2010-06-09Final Order Issued
• 2010-06-10Enforcement Action Closed
• 2010-06-14Enforcement Action Data Entered