EPA v. TOHOPEKALIGA WATER AUTHORITY (PEABODY WATER TREATMENT PLANT)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
7/31/12 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,115, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: ON DECEMBER 9, 2011, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCAL 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 SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
Defendants (1)
- TOHOPEKALIGA WATER AUTHORITYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
PEABODY WATER TREATMENT PLANT (TOHO WATER AUTHORITY)
951 MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD, KISSIMMEE, FL, 34741
Registry ID: 110054070526
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
Enforcement conclusions (1)
TOHOPEKALIGA WATER AUTHORITY (PEABODY WATER TREATMENT PLANT)entered 2012-07-31
Primary law: CERCLA
Federal penalty: $3,115
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2012-07-31Final Order Issued
- 2012-07-31Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2012-08-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2012-08-30Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3000045808
- Case number
- 04-2012-2066
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2012-2066 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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