EPA v. ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT

Case summary

9/19/2013 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $12,952 (CERCLA VIOLATIONS - $4,323 AND EPCRA VIOLATION $8,629). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP. ORDER ALLEGES: VIOLATION OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA ON JULY 11, 2012, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA. VIOLATION OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA 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 RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. VIOLATION OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO LEPC WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• ATLANTA DEPARMTNE OF WATERSHED MGMT.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CITY OF ATLANTA CSO WEST AREA

  WEST, CLEAR CREEK, PROCTOR,, ATLANTA, GA, 30305

  Registry ID: 110020834533

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENTentered 2013-09-19

  Primary law: CERCLA

  Federal penalty: $12,952 · SEP: $48,567

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2013-09-19Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2013-09-19Final Order Issued
• 2013-09-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2013-11-25Enforcement Action Closed