EPA v. GREGORY PACKAGING, INC.

Case summary

10/25/11 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $$4,425 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION AND $13,275 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATION. ALLEGATIONS: ON JULY 20, 2010, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF AMMONIA ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) AND THE APPLICABLE CERCLA REGS, 40 CFR 302.6, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RELEASE RESULTED IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO PERSONS BEYOND THE SITE OR SITES ON WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED, IN VIOLATION OF EPCRA 304(a) AND THE APPLICA BLE EPCRA REGS OF 40 CFR 355, SUBPART C, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA 304(c) BY FAILING TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO THE SERC WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE TQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• GREGORY PACKAGING, INC. (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• GREGORY PACKAGING, INC.

  71 AMLAJACK BOULEVARD, NEWNAN, GA, 30265

  Registry ID: 110042340008

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
• EPCRA 304 — Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• GREGORY PACKAGING, INC.entered 2011-10-25

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $17,700

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2011-10-25Final Order Issued
• 2011-10-25Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2011-11-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2011-11-10Enforcement Action Closed