EPA v. GENERAL TELEPHONE OPERATIONS
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$1,000
Compliance action
$1,000
Case summary
1. SECTION 325 OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT ( EPCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 11045. 2. GENERAL TELEPHONE OPERATIONS 115 NORTH MOUNT OLIVE SILOAM SPRINGS, BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS 72761 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 312(A) OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO REPORT STORAGE OR USAGE OF A HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL (SULFURIC ACID) ABOVE THE RQ TO THE SERC/LEPC. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 325 OF EPCRA, EPA PRO- POSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $6,251 FOR THE VIOLATION CITED.
Defendants (1)
- GENERAL TELEPHONE OPERATIONSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
GENERAL TELEPHONE OPERATIONS
115 N MOUNT OLIVE, SILOAM SPRINGS, AR, 72761
Registry ID: 110010642082
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 312 — Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
Enforcement conclusions (1)
GTE MIDWEST INC.entered 2000-12-06
Primary law: EPCRA
Federal penalty: $1,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2000-09-21Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2000-09-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-12-06Final Order Issued
- 2002-09-09Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 40812
- Case number
- 06-2000-1198
- 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 06-2000-1198 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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