EPA v. ARMSTER RECLAIMED LUMBER COMPANY

Case summary

2/16/2011 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: ON OCTOBER 21, 2008, THERE WAS A RELEASE OF ASBESTOS ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. RESPONDENT FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ASBESTOS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. IN VIOLATION OF EPCRA SECTION 304(a). RESPONDENT FAILED TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE (LEPC) WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF FRIABLE ASBESTOS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. IN VIOLATION OF EPCRA SECTION 304(c).

Defendants (1)

• ARMSTER RECLAIMED LUMBER COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• FARMERS INVESTMENT COMPANY

  1288 EAST MAIN STREET, HORSE CAVE, KY, 42749

  Registry ID: 110041874594

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 304 — Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ARMSTER RECLAIMED LUMBER COMPANYentered 2011-02-16

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $1,000

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2011-02-16Final Order Issued
• 2011-02-16Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2011-03-08Enforcement Action Data Entered