EPA v. EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
10/7/14 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $6,642 FOR THE CERCLA PENALTY AND $13,283 FOR THE EPCRA PENALTY. ALLEGATIONS: ON SEPT 7, 2013, RESPONDENT'S FACILITY HAD A RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RELEASE RESULTED IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO PERSONS BEYOND THE SITE ON WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED. RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA SECTION 304(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
Defendants (1)
- EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (30)
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN KODAK CO TN EASTMAN CO DIV
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
- …and 15 more
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
- EPCRA 304 — Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program
Enforcement conclusions (1)
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYentered 2014-10-07
Primary law: EPCRA
Federal penalty: $19,925 · SEP: $78,818
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2014-10-07Final Order Issued
- 2014-10-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2014-12-19Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600028268
- Case number
- 04-2014-2037
- 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 04-2014-2037 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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