EPA v. ESCAMBIA OPERATION CO. LLC

Case summary

9/3/2013 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $8,846. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP. ORDER ALLEGES: VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA ON JULY 19, 2012, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. 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 HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO THE SERC AND LEPC WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• ESCAMBIA OPERATING CO. LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ESCAMBIA OPERATING COMPANY

  NEAR HUNTINGTON CLUB ROAD, CLARA, MS, 39324

  Registry ID: 110055643692

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 304 — Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ESCAMBIA OPERATIONG CO. LLCentered 2013-09-03

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $8,846 · SEP: $33,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2013-09-03Final Order Issued
• 2013-09-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2013-09-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2013-10-25Enforcement Action Closed