EPA v. AGRI-GRO FARM CENTER, INC.

Case summary

2/20/2014 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,425 (CERCLA VIOLATION - $2,312 AND EPCRA VIOLATION $2,212. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP. ORDER ALLEGES: ON APRIL 10, 2013, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF AMMONIA ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. CERCLA VIOLATION EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIRMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT FACILITY. EPCRA VIOLATION RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO THE LEPC WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GRATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• AGRI-GRO FARM CENTER, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• AGRI-GRO FARM CENTER, INC.

  100 AGRI-GRO DRIVE, HARTFORD, KY, 42347

  Registry ID: 110057185120

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• AGRI-GRO FARM CENTER, INC.entered 2014-02-20

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $4,425 · SEP: $16,594

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2014-02-20Final Order Issued
• 2014-02-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2014-02-24Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2014-03-12Enforcement Action Closed