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HQ-1989-0001Administrative - FormalClosedFY 1989· Region HQ

EPA v. ROYAL LUBRICANTS

Final Order With Penalty

Penalty assessed

$80,000

Case summary

A CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT WAS FILED ON DECEMBER 22, 1988 SEEKING A PENALTY OF $213,750 FROM ROYAL LUBRICANTS COMPANY, INC., EAST HANOVER, NEW JERSEY FOR VIOLATIONS OF TSCA CHEMICAL PREMANUFACTURE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. ROYAL VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSED THAT IT HAD MANUFACTURED THREE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES IN VIOLATION OF TSCA AND ACCORDINGLY WAS ELIGIBLE FOR A 50% REDUCTION IN THE PROPOSED PENALTY, AS SPECIFIED IN THE TSCA 5 PENALTY POLICY. VINCENT GIORDANO REPRESENTS EPA IN THIS MATTER. ROYAL'S ANSWER IS DUE ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 19, 1989.

Defendants (1)

  • ROYAL LUBRICANTSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

  • ROYAL LUBRICANTS INCORPORATED

    215 MERRY LANE, EAST HANOVER, NJ, 079360518

    Registry ID: 110000320858

Statutes cited

  • TSCA 5A/5BFailure To Comply With Significant New Use Rules and Pre-manufacture Notice
  • TSCA 15Prohibited Acts

Enforcement conclusions (1)

  • ROYAL LUBRICANTSentered 1989-04-13

    Primary law: TSCA

    Federal penalty: $80,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

  • 1988-12-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
  • 1989-04-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
  • 1989-04-13Final Order Issued
  • 1989-05-15Enforcement Action Closed

Case metadata

EPA activity ID
56806
Case number
HQ-1989-0001
Lead agency
EPA
HQ division
TOX
Branch
PES
EPA region
HQ
Multimedia
No
Voluntary self-disclosure
No
Primary statute
Failure To Comply With Significant New Use Rules and Pre-manufacture Notice

Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case HQ-1989-0001 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.

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