EPA v. PREEMINENT ENERGY SERVICES
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$250
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. PREEMINENT ENERGY SERVICES 101 DERRICK DRIVE LAFAYETTE, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA 70518 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 312(A) OF EPCRTKA BY FAILING TO NOTIFY SERC/ LEPC/FIRE DEPT. OF STORAGE OR USE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD OF NITROGEN. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 325 OF EPCRTKA, EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $6,600.
Defendants (1)
- PREEMINENT ENERGY SERVICESNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
PREEMINENT ENERGY SVC INC
101 DERRICK RD, BROUSSARD, LA, 705185511
Registry ID: 110010641127
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 312A — Emerg. Plan. & Commun. Right To Know Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
PREEMINENT ENERGY SERVICESentered 1996-12-03
Primary law: EPCRA
Federal penalty: $250
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1996-09-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1996-09-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1996-12-03Final Order Issued
- 1997-02-11Compliance Achieved
- 1998-04-30Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 36760
- Case number
- 06-1996-0473
- 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 06-1996-0473 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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