EPA v. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$4,000
Case summary
1. SECTION 109 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SEC. 9609. 2. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. P.O. BOX 1000 LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA 70602 3. RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF THE NOTIFICATION REQUIRE- MENTS OF CERCLA SEC. 103(A) IN THAT THE RESPONDENT DID NOT IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE NRC OF A RELEASE OF 7,844 LBS. OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE ON MAY 10, 1993. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 109 OF CERCLA, A PEN- ALTY OF $6,600.00 IS PROPOSED.
Defendants (1)
- PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
PPG INDUSTRIES INC LOCATION #0889
2404 RYAN STREET, LAKE CHARLES, LA, 70601
Registry ID: 110003275991
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
Enforcement conclusions (1)
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.entered 1994-08-10
Primary law: CERCLA
Federal penalty: $4,000
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1993-12-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1993-12-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1994-08-10Final Order Issued
- 1994-08-30Compliance Achieved
- 1994-08-30Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 35969
- Case number
- 06-1995-0094
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- 6C-M
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1995-0094 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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