EPA v. NATION FORD CHEMICAL COMPANY

Case summary

8/3/2012 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $2,860. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: ON JULY 8, 2011, A RELEASE OF BENZENESULFONYL CHLORIDE (BSC), A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE ABOVE THE RQ OCCURRED AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. RESPONDENT ASSERTS THAT IT NOTIFIED THE NRC WITHIN 19 MINUTES OF OBTAINING KNOWLEDGE SUFFICIENT TO DETERMINE THAT THE AMOUNT OF BSC RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUTSIDE THE FACILITY'S SECONDARY CONTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY MAY HAVE EXCEEDED THE RQ FOR BSC. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOFIFICATION RQUIRMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, AND THE APPLICABLE CERCLA REGULATIONS AT 40 C.F.R. SECTION 302.6, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE BSC RELEASE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE APPLICABLE RQ AT THE FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• NATION FORD CHEMICAL COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (4)

• NATION FORD CHEMICAL COMPANY

  2300 BANKS ST., FORT MILL, SC, 29715

  Registry ID: 110000355151

• NATION FORD CHEMICAL COMPANY

  2300 BANKS ST., FORT MILL, SC, 29715

  Registry ID: 110000355151

• NATION FORD CHEMICAL COMPANY

  2300 BANKS ST., FORT MILL, SC, 29715

  Registry ID: 110000355151

• NATION FORD CHEMICAL COMPANY

  2300 BANKS ST., FORT MILL, SC, 29715

  Registry ID: 110000355151

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NATION FORD CHEMICAL COMPANYentered 2012-08-03

  Primary law: CERCLA

  Federal penalty: $2,860

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2012-08-03Final Order Issued
• 2012-08-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2012-08-07Enforcement Action Closed
• 2012-08-17Enforcement Action Data Entered