EPA v. GAYLORD CONTAINER CORPORATION AND MID-AMERICA PACKAGING

Case summary

1. SECTION 325(C) OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT OF 1986 ( EPCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 11045(C). 2. GAYLORD CONTAINER CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, 1701 JEFFERSON PARKWAY PINE BLUFF, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS 71611 AND MID-AMERICA PACKAGING, A DIV. OF GAYLORD CONTAINER CORP. 3501 JEFFERSON PARKWAY PINE BLUFF, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS 71602 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 313(A) OF EPCRA BY 1) FAILURE TO REPORT IN A TIMELY MANNER FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1994 (ACETALDEHYDE) AND SECTION 313(A)(G) OF EPCRA BY 2) FAILURE TO CALCULATE AND REPORT IN A TIMELY MANNER FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1994 (AMMONIA) AND 3) FAILURE TO CALCULATE AND REPORT IN A TIMELY MANNER FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1995 (AMMONIA). 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 325(C) OF EPCRA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $37,000 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED.

Defendants (1)

• GAYLORD CONTAINER CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (4)

• MID AMERICA PACKAGING

  3501 JEFFERSON PARKWAY, PINE BLUFF, AR, 71602

  Registry ID: 110066855228

• GAYLORD CONTAINER CORPORATION

  1701 JEFFERSON PARKWAY, PINE BLUFF, AR, 71602

  Registry ID: 110000450752

• MID AMERICA PACKAGING

  3501 JEFFERSON PARKWAY, PINE BLUFF, AR, 71602

  Registry ID: 110066855228

• GAYLORD CONTAINER CORPORATION

  1701 JEFFERSON PARKWAY, PINE BLUFF, AR, 71602

  Registry ID: 110000450752

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• GAYLORD CONTAINER CORPORATIONentered 1999-04-01

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $20,900

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 1998-12-18Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-12-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-04-01Final Order Issued
• 1999-04-28Compliance Achieved
• 1999-04-29Enforcement Action Closed