EPA v. AMERICAN HOECHST CORPORATION
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$50,000
Case summary
THIS CASE INVOLVES THE IMPORTATION OF PIGMENTS. THE PARENT GERMAN COMPANY MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES IN ITS PIGMENT FORMULA WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE SUBSIDIARY, AMERICAN HOECHST. THE AMEICAN COMPANY THEN MADE NUMEROUS SALES BEFORE DISCOVERING THE CHANGE, AT WHICH TIME IT NOTIFIED EPA.
Defendants (1)
- AMERICAN HOECHST CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Statutes cited
- TSCA 5 — Manufacturing and Processing Notices
Enforcement conclusions (1)
AMERICAN HOECHST CORPORATIONentered 1985-09-19
Primary law: TSCA
Federal penalty: $50,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1985-01-23Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1985-01-23Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1985-09-19Final Order Issued
- 1985-09-19Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 56698
- Case number
- HQ-1985-0010
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- EPA region
- HQ
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Manufacturing and Processing Notices
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case HQ-1985-0010 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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