EPA v. MATTHEWS INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$900
Case summary
1. SECTION 9006 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT ( RCRA ). 2. MATTHEWS INC. HIGHWAY 65 & 165, P.O. BOX 127 DUMAS, DESHA COUNTY, ARKANSAS 71639 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE I OF RCRA BY (1) FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE RELEASE DETECTION FOR TANKS, (2) FAILURE TO PROVIDE ALL PRESSURE LINES WITH AUTO LINE LEAK DETECTORS, AND (3) FAILURE TO TEST PRESSURE LINES ANNUALLY OR USE MONTHLY MONITORS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 9006 OF RCRA, EPA AS- SESSED THE RESPONDENT A CIVIL PENALTY OF $900 AND ISSUED A COMPLIANCE ORDER REQUIRING THE RESPONDENT TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS CITED.
Defendants (1)
- MATTHEWS INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
MATTHEWS INC
HWYS 65 165, DUMAS, AR, 71639
Registry ID: 110010697978
Statutes cited
- RCRA LUST — Underground Storage Tanks Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MATTHEWS INC.entered 1998-09-29
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $900
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1998-05-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1998-05-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1998-09-29Final Order Issued
- 1998-09-29Compliance Achieved
- 1998-10-06Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 38154
- Case number
- 06-1998-0460
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- RCR
- Branch
- 6PD-U
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Underground Storage Tanks Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1998-0460 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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