EPA v. TRIGGS TRAILER CORPORATION
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Case summary
TRIGGS TRAILER CORP. ENTERED INTO A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT ORDER (CA/CO) WITH EPA IN JUNE 1989. THE CA/CO REQUIRED PAYMENT OF $15,000 IN PENALTY OVER FOUR YEARS. THE CA/CO ALSO REQUIRED RCRA CLOSURE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT UNITS (HWMU) OPERATED BY TRIGGS TRAILER IN BELMOND AND KANAWHA, IOWA. THE CA/CO WAS ALSO SIGNED BY DENNIS TRIGGS, THE PRESIDENT OF TRIGGS TRAILER IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AS AN OWNER/OPERATOR OF THE RCRA FACILITIES. TRIGGS TRAILER FAILED TO MAKE TIMELY PENALTY PAYMENTS AND FAILED TO COMPLETE CLOSURE OF THE HWMUS. IN NOVEMBER 1990, TRIGGS TRAILER FILED A BANKRUPTCY PETITION UNDER CHAPTER 11 FOR CORPORATE REORGANIZATION.
Defendants (1)
- TRIGGS TRAILER CORPORATION
Facilities (2)
TRIGGS TRAILER - BELMOND FACILITY
RR 2, BELMOND, IA, 50421
Registry ID: 110007504520
TRIGGS TRAILER CORPORATION FORMER SITE OF
912 N MAIN ST, KANAWHA, IA, 50447
Registry ID: 110000611981
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3008A — Compliance Order: Injunctive & Penalty
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1987-08-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1991-03-12Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1991-04-01Complaint Filed With Court
- 1991-04-01Concluded
- 1991-04-01Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 44108
- Case number
- 07-1991-0209
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- RCR
- Branch
- HWC
- EPA region
- 07
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Compliance Order: Injunctive & Penalty
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 07-1991-0209 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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