EPA v. AMREP, INC.

Case summary

11/17/15 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $97,793 WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: ON MAY 24, 2014, A RELEASE OF PERCHLOROETHYLENE, TOLUENE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, ACETONE, TRICHLOROETHYLENE, METHANOL, AND SODIUM NITRITE ABOVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RQ'S OCCURRED AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) AND THE APPLICABLE CERCLA REGS, 40 CFR 302.6, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF PERCHLOROETHYLENE, TOLENE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, ACETONE, TRICHLOROETHYLENE, METHANOL, AND SODIUM NITRITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THEIR RESPECTIVE RQ'S AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA AND THE APPLICABLE EPCRA REGS OF 40 CFR 355, SUBPART C, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF PERCHLOROETHYLENE, TOLUENE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, ACETONE, TRICHLOROETHYLENE, METHANOL, AND SODIUM NITRITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THEIR RESPECTIVE RQ's AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

Defendants (1)

• AMREP, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• AMREP INC

  990 INDUSTRIAL PARK DR., MARIETTA, GA, 300620000

  Registry ID: 110000355865

• AMREP INC

  990 INDUSTRIAL PARK DR., MARIETTA, GA, 300620000

  Registry ID: 110000355865

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• AMREP, INC.entered 2015-11-17

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $195,585

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2015-11-17Final Order Issued
• 2015-11-17Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2015-12-17Enforcement Action Closed
• 2016-01-11Enforcement Action Data Entered