EPA v. PALM FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
7/16/2013 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $8,850. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2012, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SULFURIC ACID ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, AND THE APPLICABLE CERCLA REGULATIONS, 40 C.F.R. SECTION 302.6, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SULFURIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
Defendants (1)
- PALM FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC. (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
PALM FREIGHT LINES
1717 J.P. HENNESSY DRIVE, LA VERGNE, TN, 37086
Registry ID: 110041625676
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
Enforcement conclusions (1)
PALM FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.entered 2013-07-16
Primary law: CERCLA
Federal penalty: $8,850
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2013-07-16Final Order Issued
- 2013-07-16Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2013-07-17Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2013-08-02Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3400135541
- Case number
- 04-2013-2044
- 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 04-2013-2044 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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