EPA v. MILLENNIUM SPECIALTY CHEMICALS (LYONDELLBASEL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES,) (aka RENESSENZ) (aka SYMRISE,)

Case summary

On March 9, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Brunswick Division, entered a Consent Decree in the matter of The United States and the State of Georgia v. Renessenz LLC, f/k/a LyondellBassell Flavors & Fragrances, LLC. The settlement provides for injunctive relief to resolve violations of RCRA resulting from waste handling activities at a facility owned and operated by a corporate predecessor to Renessenz LLC (Renessenz) on Colonels Island in Glynn County, Georgia (the Facility). Sampling of the Facility?s wastewater treatment system had revealed the presence of hazardous waste exhibiting the toxicity characteristic for benzene (D018) and for methyl ethyl ketone (D035), and/or the characteristic of ignitability (D001). In conjunction with the construction of an entirely new wastewater treatment plant, Renessenz will undertake regulatory closure of three hazardous waste management units associated with the existing treatment system. Renessenz submitted a closure plan for an on-site surface impoundment on March 3, 2015. Unless it can demonstrate clean closure of the three units, Renessenz must apply for, and comply with, a permit that would be issued by Georgia for unit-specific post-closure care as well as facility-wide corrective action. The Clean Closure Report is expected on or before June 10, 2015. If the facility demonstrates Clean Closure in that report, the requirements of the Consent Decree will have been met and the enforcement action will be closed.

Defendants (2)

• LYONDELLBASELL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• RENESSENZ, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (4)

• RSYMRISE INC

  209 SCM ROAD, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31523

  Registry ID: 110007487059

• RSYMRISE INC

  209 SCM ROAD, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31523

  Registry ID: 110007487059

• RSYMRISE INC

  209 SCM ROAD, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31523

  Registry ID: 110007487059

• RSYMRISE INC

  209 SCM ROAD, BRUNSWICK, GA, 31523

  Registry ID: 110007487059

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3004VU — TSD Corrective Action
• RCRA 3005 — Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste
• RCRA 3004 — Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Standards

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MILLENNIUM SPECIALTY CHEMICALS(LYONDELLBASEL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES, LLC)(aka RENESSENZ)(04-2015-C007)entered 2015-03-09

  Primary law: RCRA

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 2010-09-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-09-21Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2014-12-31Complaint Filed With Court
• 2015-01-02Final Order Lodged
• 2015-03-09Concluded
• 2015-03-09Final Order Entered
• 2022-10-05Enforcement Action Closed