EPA v. EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
9/22/15 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $5,000 (CERCLA VIOLATION $1,650, EPCRA VIOLATION $3350). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP. ORDER ALLEGES: VIOLATION OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA ON OCTOBER 10, 2015, A RELEASE OF ACETIC ANHYDRIDE ABOVE THE RQ OCCURRE 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 ACETIC ANHYDRIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 304(a) EPCRA EPA ALLEGES THAT 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 ACETIC ANHYDRIDE 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 CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TENNESSEE OPERATIONS
100 NORTH EASTMAN ROAD, KINGSPORT, TN, 37660-5265
Registry ID: 110000574423
- …and 15 more
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 304 — Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program
- CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
Enforcement conclusions (1)
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYentered 2015-09-22
Primary law: CERCLA
Federal penalty: $5,000 · SEP: $18,823
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2015-09-22Final Order Issued
- 2015-09-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2015-09-23Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2015-10-20Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600365901
- Case number
- 04-2015-2039
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2015-2039 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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