EPA v. APOLLO AEROSOL INDUSTRIES, LLC
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
8/23/2018 - OIL SPILL EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,500, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: ON AUGUST 13, 2016, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED APPROX 2,300 GALLONS OF OIL FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF NICKAJACK CREEK. THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF NICKAJACK CREEKS FEEDS THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER, WHICH IS A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE CAUSED A SLUDGE OR EMULSION TO BE DEPOSITED BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY AND THEREFORE WAS IN A QUANTITY THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED MAY BE HARMFUL UNDER 40 CFR 110.3.
Defendants (1)
- APOLLO AEROSOL INDUSTRIES, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
APOLLO INDUSTRIES INC
1850 S. COBB INDUSTRIAL BLVD., SMYRNA, GA, 30082-4910
Registry ID: 110000356016
Statutes cited
- CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Enforcement conclusions (1)
APOLLO AEROSOL INDUSTRIES, LLCentered 2019-08-23
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $4,500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2019-08-23Final Order Issued
- 2019-08-23Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2019-08-27Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2019-09-25Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3601954361
- Case number
- 04-2019-5000
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2019-5000 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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