EPA v. CESCO CHEMICALS
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$300
Compliance action
$1,200
Case summary
1. SECTION 325 OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT -TO-KNOW ACT ( EPCRTKA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 11045. 2. CESCO CHEMICALS 100 CESCO LANE LAFAYETTE, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA 70506 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRTKA 312(A) BY FAILING TO NOTIFY SERC/LEPC/FIRE DEPT. OF STROAGE OR USE OF TRIPROPYL GLYCOL ABOVE THE THRESHOLD BY MAR. 1, 1996. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 325 OF EPCRTKA, EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $6,600.
Defendants (1)
- CESCO CHEMICALSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
CESCO
100 CESCO LANE, LAFAYETTE, LA, 70506
Registry ID: 110003358777
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 312A — Emerg. Plan. & Commun. Right To Know Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CESCO CHEMICALSentered 1996-09-27
Primary law: EPCRA
Federal penalty: $300
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1996-09-27Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1996-09-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1996-09-27Final Order Issued
- 1996-10-29Compliance Achieved
- 1998-04-24Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 36727
- Case number
- 06-1996-0440
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- Branch
- 6RC
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Emerg. Plan. & Commun. Right To Know Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1996-0440 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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