EPA v. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT

Case summary

1/15/14 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,785, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: ON MAY 6, 2013, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA AND THE APPLICABLE CERCLA REGS, 40 CFR 302.6, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF HTE RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT

  102 NORTH FALKENBURG ROAD, TAMPA, FL, 33619-0908

  Registry ID: 110000509307

Statutes cited

• CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENTentered 2014-01-15

  Primary law: CERCLA

  Federal penalty: $5,785

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2014-01-15Final Order Issued
• 2014-01-15Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2014-01-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2014-02-18Enforcement Action Closed