EPA v. ANGUS CHEMICAL COMPANY
Final Order No Penalty
Compliance action
$1,000
Case summary
1. SECTION 109 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9609. 2. ANGUS CHEMICAL COMPANY P.O. BOX 1325 STERLINGTON, OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA 71280 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 A RELEASE OF AMMONIA, ABOVE THE RQ, FROM THE FACILITY INTO THE ENVIRONMEMT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 109 OF CERCLA, EPA PRO- POSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $13,750 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.
Defendants (1)
- ANGUS CHEMICAL COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
ANGUS CHEMICAL COMPANY
200 LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 2, STERLINGTON, LA, 71280
Registry ID: 110000450477
ANGUS CHEMICAL COMPANY
200 LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 2, STERLINGTON, LA, 71280
Registry ID: 110000450477
Statutes cited
- CERCLA 103A — Notification of Hazardous Reportable Quantity Release
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ANGUS CHEMICAL COMPANYentered 1998-10-29
Primary law: CERCLA
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1998-09-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1998-09-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1998-10-29Final Order Issued
- 1998-11-20Compliance Achieved
- 2002-02-21Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 38633
- Case number
- 06-1998-0946
- 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 06-1998-0946 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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