EPA v. FMC CORPORATION
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$209,600
Case summary
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT SECTION 313 REPORTING VIOLATIONS. FMC FAILED TO REPORT TO EPA, UNDER THE FEDERAL TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY (TRI), MORE THAN FIVE MILLION POUNDS PER YEAR OF MATERIALS DISPOSED OF IN SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS AT THE POCATELLO PLANT IN 1993, 1994, AND 1995. THE MISSING DATA FOR 1995, WHEN ADDED TO AMOUNTS ALREADY REPORTED BY FMC, BROUGHT TO 7,496,955 THE TOTAL OF ALL FMC RELEASES TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AN AMOUNT THAT RANKED NO. 1 IN IDAHO.
Defendants (1)
- FMC CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
FMC CORPORATION
HWY 30 W OF CITY, POCATELLO, ID, 83201
Registry ID: 110000773262
FMC CORPORATION
HWY 30 W OF CITY, POCATELLO, ID, 83201
Registry ID: 110000773262
Statutes cited
- EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)
Enforcement conclusions (1)
FMC CORPORATIONentered 1997-11-25
Primary law: EPCRA
Federal penalty: $209,600
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1993-07-23Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1997-11-25Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1997-11-25Final Order Issued
- 1998-01-06Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 55477
- Case number
- 10-1998-0010
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- EPA region
- 10
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-1998-0010 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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