EPA v. FLORIDA, CORAL SPRINGS, CITY OF

Case summary

12/3/2013 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $34,515 (CERCLA PENALTY $11,505 AND EPCRA PENALTY $23,010). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: VIOLATION OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA ON DECEMBER 1, 2011, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF FLUORINE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF FLUORINE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. VIOLATION OF 304(a) EPA ALLEGES THAT 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 FLUORINE IN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. VIOLATION OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO PROVIDE WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO THE SERC AND LEPC WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF FLUORINE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• FLORIDA, CORAL SPRINGS, CITY OFNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (4)

• CORAL SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  3800 NORTHWEST 85TH AVENUE, CORAL SPRINGS, FL, 33605

  Registry ID: 110000511376

• CORAL SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  3800 NORTHWEST 85TH AVENUE, CORAL SPRINGS, FL, 33605

  Registry ID: 110000511376

• CORAL SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  3800 NORTHWEST 85TH AVENUE, CORAL SPRINGS, FL, 33605

  Registry ID: 110000511376

• CORAL SPRINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  3800 NORTHWEST 85TH AVENUE, CORAL SPRINGS, FL, 33605

  Registry ID: 110000511376

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• FLORIDA, CORAL SPRINGS, CITY OFentered 2013-12-03

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $34,515

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2013-12-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2013-12-03Final Order Issued
• 2013-12-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2014-01-07Enforcement Action Closed