EPA v. HEPACO, LLC

Case summary

1/10/13 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $17,290. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: ON AUGUST 11, 2011, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE FROM THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ FROM ITS MOTOR VEHICLE AT THE CARLEX GLASS AMERICA, LLC PLANT.

Defendants (1)

• HEPAC, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• HEPACO

  2711 BURCH DR, CHARLOTTE, NC, 28269

  Registry ID: 110004045676

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HEPACO, LLCentered 2013-01-13

  Primary law: CERCLA

  Federal penalty: $17,290

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2013-01-13Final Order Issued
• 2013-01-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2013-01-15Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2013-02-01Enforcement Action Closed