EPA v. JOHN L. ARMITAGE & COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
8/6/2014 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,100. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: ON JAUNUARY 20, 2014, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE 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 SODIUM HYDROXIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
Defendants (1)
- JOHN L. ARMITAGE & COMPANY (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
JOHN L. ARMITAGE & CO.
545 NATIONAL DRIVE, GALLATIN, TN, 37066-3385
Registry ID: 110000370143
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
Enforcement conclusions (1)
JOHN L. ARMITAGE & COMPANYentered 2014-08-06
Primary law: CERCLA
Federal penalty: $1,100
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2014-08-06Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2014-08-06Final Order Issued
- 2014-08-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2014-09-24Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3400272039
- Case number
- 04-2014-2036
- 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 04-2014-2036 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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