EPA v. COATS & COLORS
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$1,000
Compliance action
$1,200
Case summary
1. SECTION 325(C) OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT ( EPCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 11045(C). 2. COATS & COLORS 6700 EDITH BOULEVARD NE ALBUQUERQUE, BERNALILLO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 87113 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 312(A) OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO SUBMIT BY MAR. 1, 1999, A COMPLETED EMERGENCY AND HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL INVENTORY FORM WITH RESPECT TO THE SULFURIC ACID LOCATED AT THE FACILITY TO THE LOCAL FIRE DEPT., LEPC, AND THE SERC. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 325(C) OF EPCRA, EPA PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $6,876 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.
Defendants (1)
- COATS & COLORSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
COAT RITE INC
6700 EDITH NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 87113
Registry ID: 110004276391
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 312 — Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
Enforcement conclusions (1)
COATS & COLORSentered 1999-07-20
Primary law: EPCRA
Federal penalty: $1,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1999-07-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1999-07-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-07-20Final Order Issued
- 2002-09-09Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 39320
- Case number
- 06-1999-0656
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- Branch
- 6SF-R
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-1999-0656 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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