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/5B — Failure To Comply With Significant New Use Rules and Pre-manufacture Notice
- TSCA 15 — Prohibited 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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