EPA v. DIXIE PRODUCE AND PACKAGING
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$2,000
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. DIXIE PRODUCE AND PACKAGING P.O. BOX 23647 NEW ORLEANS, ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA 70183 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRTKA 312(A) BY FAILING TO REPORT STORAGE OR USAGE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD TO THE NEW OR- LEANS FIRE DEPT., LA. STATE POLICE, AND ORLEANS PARISH LEPC. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 325 OF EPCTRKA, EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $7,260.
Defendants (1)
- DIXIE PRODUCE AND PACKAGINGNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
DIXIE PRODUCE AND PACKAGING
PO BOX 23647, NEW ORLEANS, LA, 70183
Registry ID: 110003343926
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 312A — Emerg. Plan. & Commun. Right To Know Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
DIXIE PRODUCE AND PACKAGINGentered 1997-10-26
Primary law: EPCRA
Federal penalty: $2,000
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1997-09-24Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1997-09-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1997-10-26Final Order Issued
- 1997-10-26Compliance Achieved
- 1998-04-29Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 37615
- Case number
- 06-1997-0790
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- CER
- Branch
- 6SF-R
- 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 06-1997-0790 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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