EPA v. AMERICAN MIDSTREAM (MISSISSIPPI), LLC

Case summary

5/29/2012 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $23,010. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA SOMETIME BEFORE JULY 11, 2011, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SULFUR DIOXIDE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELASE OF SULFUR DIOXIDE IN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATHER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA SOMETIME BEFORE JULY 11, 2011, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SULFUR DIOXIDE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO THE SERC AND LEPC WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF SULFUR DIOXIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• AMERICAN MIDSTREAM (MISSISSIPPI), LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• AMERICAN MIDSTREAM (MISSISSIPPI), LLC.

  595 CEAMON PITTMAN ROAD, WAYNESBORO, MS, 39367-7336

  Registry ID: 110002053474

• AMERICAN MIDSTREAM (MISSISSIPPI), LLC.

  595 CEAMON PITTMAN ROAD, WAYNESBORO, MS, 39367-7336

  Registry ID: 110002053474

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 304 — Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• AMERICAN MIDSTREAM (MISSISSIPPI), LLCentered 2012-05-29

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $23,010

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2012-05-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2012-05-29Final Order Issued
• 2012-06-07Enforcement Action Closed
• 2012-06-08Enforcement Action Data Entered