EPA v. INDUSTRIAL PLATING COMPANY, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
3/7/17 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $13,300. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: ON JULY 17, 2014, A RELEASE OF CHROMIC ACID ABOVE THE RQ OCCURRED 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 CHROMIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FAICLITY.
Defendants (1)
- INDUSTRIAL PLATING COMPANY, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
INDUSTRIAL PLATING COMPANY
3007 N. HICKORY STREET, CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37406-4026
Registry ID: 110020148213
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
Enforcement conclusions (1)
INDUSTRIAL PLATING COMPANY, INC.entered 2017-03-07
Primary law: CERCLA
Federal penalty: $13,300
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2017-03-07Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2017-03-07Final Order Issued
- 2017-03-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2017-04-13Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600979874
- Case number
- 04-2017-2008
- 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 04-2017-2008 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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