EPA v. BHP Navajo Coal Company
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
'This is an administrative complaint pursuant to EPCRA 313 issued to BHP Navajo Coal Company. The violation involves the failure to file a Form R for Arsenic Compounds in 2000, and a data quality error for Nickel compounds in 1999. The proposed penalty in the complaint is $22, 988.'
Defendants (1)
- BHP Navajo Coal CompanyNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
BHP NAVAJO COAL COMPANY
3890 US HIGHWAY 64, FRUITLAND, NM, 87416
Registry ID: 110000607282
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)
Enforcement conclusions (1)
BHP Navajo Coal Company Consent Agreemententered 2002-12-17
Primary law: EPCRA
Federal penalty: $18,390
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2002-09-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2002-10-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2002-12-17Final Order Issued
- 2003-02-26Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 87681
- Case number
- 09-2002-0154
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Primary statute
- Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2002-0154 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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