EPA v. TIGER SHIPYARD, INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$750
Compliance action
$1,000
Case summary
1. SECTION 109 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9609. 2. TIGER SHIPYARD, INC. P.O. BOX 770 PORT ALLEN, WEST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70767 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE NOTIFICATION REQUIRE- MENTS OF SECTION 103(A) OF CERCLA BY FAILING TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE NRC IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RELEASE OVER THE RQ OF ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE ON JAN. 16, 1997, FROM THE FA- CILITY. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 109 OF CERCLA, EPA PRO- POSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $8,250.
Defendants (1)
- TIGER SHIPYARD, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
TIGER SHIPYARD, INC.
FT OF RIVERVIEW DR., PORT ALLEN, LA, 70767
Registry ID: 110010735008
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
Enforcement conclusions (1)
TIGER SHIPYARD, INC.entered 1997-09-10
Primary law: CERCLA
Federal penalty: $750
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1997-09-10Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1997-09-10Final Order Issued
- 1997-09-15Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1997-10-17Compliance Achieved
- 1998-04-29Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 37545
- Case number
- 06-1997-0719
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- 6SF-R
- 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 06-1997-0719 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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