EPA v. LOCHINVAR CORPORATION

Case summary

6/27/2013 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED. ON AUG 25, 2011, LOCHINVAR SELF-DISCLOSED, VIA THE EDISCLOSURE EPCRA PILOT REPORTING SYSTEM, SEVERAL VIOLATIONS OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 312 AND 313 OF THE EPCRA, WHICH OCCURRED AT THEIR FACILITY. LOCHINVAR NEGLECED TO SUBMIT TRI FOR THE YEARS 2010, 2009 AND 2008 FOR COPPER, SULFURIC ACID, ND SIISOCYANATES AS REQUIRED BY EPCRA 313. TRI REPORTS WERE SUBMITTED BY LOCHINVAR TO EPA AND ADEM ON AUG 2, 2011, THEREBY CORRECTING THE SECTION 313 REPORTING VIOLATIONS, AND SIGNALING ITS RETURN TO COMPLIANCE. LOCHINVAR ALSO DISCLOSED ON AUG 25, 2011 TO EPA THAT IT HAD NEGLECTED TO SUBMIT, AS REQUQRED BY EPCRA 312, A HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL INVENTORY FORM TO THE SERC, LEPC, AND FIRE DEPT FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2010, 2009, AND 2008, LOCHINVAR CORRECTED THE EPCRA 312 VIOLATION BY SUBMITTED THE HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL INVENTORY FORM TO THE SERC, LEPC, AND FIRE DEPT WIHTIN 60 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THEIR SELF-DISCLOSURE.

Defendants (1)

• LOCHINVAR CORPORATIONNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LOCHINVAR CORPORATION

  300 MADDOX SIMPSON PARKWAY, LEBANON, TN, 37087

  Registry ID: 110037444897

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 312 — Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LOCHINVAR CORPORATIONentered 2013-06-27

  Primary law: EPCRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2013-06-27Final Order Issued
• 2013-06-27Enforcement Action Closed
• 2013-11-07Enforcement Action Data Entered