EPA v. US Ecology Idaho, Incorporated

Case summary

On March 12, 2012, EPA Region 10 filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order to initiate and simultaneously resolve an administrative action filed under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 with US Ecology Idaho, Inc. EPA alleged that US Ecology Idaho, Inc., a hazardous waste disposal facility located in Grand View, Idaho, failed to submit timely Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Reporting Forms (“Form R”) for aluminum, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper and copper compounds, diethanolamine, ethylene glycol, lead and lead compounds, manganese, mercury, methyl isobutyl ketone, nickel, nitric acid, polychlorinated biphenyls, selenium, silver, thallium, and zinc for calendar year 2009. US Ecology Idaho, Inc. has agreed to pay a penalty of $184,400.

Defendants (1)

• US Ecology Idaho, IncorporatedNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• US ECOLOGY IDAHO INCORPORATED

  10.5 MILES NW, HWY 78, LEMLEY ROAD, GRAND VIEW, ID, 83624

  Registry ID: 110046358133

Statutes cited

• EPCRA 313 — Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (TRI)

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• US Ecology Idaho, Incorporatedentered 2012-03-12

  Primary law: EPCRA

  Federal penalty: $184,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2012-02-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2012-03-12Final Order Issued
• 2012-03-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2012-04-04Enforcement Action Closed