EPA v. OLIN CORPORATION

Case summary

ON JUNE 19, 1998, REGION 5 FILED A COMPLAINT IN THIS MATTER AGAINST OLIN CORPORATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 325 OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT ( EPCRA ) 42 U.S.C. 11045. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT OLIN CORPORATION COMMITTED THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA: 1) OLIN CORP. FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE INDIANA STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION OF A RELEASE OF PROPYLENE OXIDE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO ITS REPORTABLE QUANTITY, WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 15, 1997, IN VIOLATION OF EPCRA SECTION 304(A); 2) OLIN CORP. FAILED TO NOTIFY THE VANDERBURG COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE OF A RELASE OF PROPYLENE OXIDE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO ITS REPORTABLE QUANTITY, WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 15, 1997, IN VIOLATION OF EPCRA SECTION 304(A); 3) OLIN CORP. FAILED TO PROVIDE WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP NOTICE TO THE INDIANA STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER A RELEASE OF PROPYLENE OXIDE GREATHER THAN ITS REPORTABLE QUANTITY, WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 15, 1997, IN VIOLATION OF EPCRA SECTION 304(C); AND 4) OLIN CORP. FAILED TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP NOTICE TO THE VANDER- BURG COUNTY LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER A RELEASE OF PROPYLENE OXIDE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS REPORTABLE QUANTITY, WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 15, 1997, IN VIOLATION OF EPCRA SECTION 304(C). ON APRIL 6, 1999, REGION 5 ENTERED INTO A CONSENT AGREE- MENT AND CONSENT ORDER ( CACO ). UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CACO, RESPONDENT WILL RESOLVE ALL COUNTS OF THE COMPLAINT BY PAYING A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,604, AND SHALL UNDERTAKE THREE SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS, OF WHICH THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE SEPS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN $233,700.

Defendants (2)

• ARCH CHEMICALS, INC.
• OLIN CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (6)

• OLIN CORPORATION

  427 N. SHAMROCK ST., EAST ALTON, IL, 620241197

  Registry ID: 110000438688

• OLIN CORPORATION

  427 N. SHAMROCK ST., EAST ALTON, IL, 620241197

  Registry ID: 110000438688

• OLIN CORPORATION

  427 N. SHAMROCK ST., EAST ALTON, IL, 620241197

  Registry ID: 110000438688

• OLIN CORPORATION

  427 N. SHAMROCK ST., EAST ALTON, IL, 620241197

  Registry ID: 110000438688

• OLIN CORPORATION

  427 N. SHAMROCK ST., EAST ALTON, IL, 620241197

  Registry ID: 110000438688

• OLIN CORPORATION

  427 N. SHAMROCK ST., EAST ALTON, IL, 620241197

  Registry ID: 110000438688

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 304C — Emerg. Plan. & Commun. Right To Know Act
• EPCRA 304 — Emergency Release Notification Section 313 Program

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• OLIN CORPORATIONentered 1999-04-06

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $52,604

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1998-06-19Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-06-25Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-04-06Final Order Issued
• 1999-05-11Enforcement Action Closed