EPA v. Dover Chemical
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Dover Chemical Corporation has agreed to pay $1.4 million in civil penalties to resolve violations relating to its unauthorized manufacturing of chemical substances at chemical manufacturing facilities located in Dover, Ohio and Hammond, Indiana. The settlement resolves Dover Chemical's violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) premanufacturing notice obligations for its production of various chlorinated paraffin products. Dover Chemical produces the vase majority of the chlorinated products sold in the United States. As part of the settlement, Dover Chemical has ceased manufacturing short-chain chlorinated paraffins, the most worrisome of the chlorinated paraffin in terms of persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic characteristics. Dover Chemical will also submit premanufacturing notices to EPA for various medium-chain and long-chain chlorinated paraffin products.
Defendants (1)
- Dover Chemical CorporationNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (6)
DOVER CHEMICAL CORPORATION
3676 DAVIS RD. N.W., DOVER, OH, 44622
Registry ID: 110000741822
DOVER CHEMICAL HAMMOND WORKS
3000 SHEFFIELD AVE, HAMMOND, IN, 46327
Registry ID: 110000397945
DOVER CHEMICAL CORPORATION
3676 DAVIS RD. N.W., DOVER, OH, 44622
Registry ID: 110000741822
DOVER CHEMICAL HAMMOND WORKS
3000 SHEFFIELD AVE, HAMMOND, IN, 46327
Registry ID: 110000397945
DOVER CHEMICAL HAMMOND WORKS
3000 SHEFFIELD AVE, HAMMOND, IN, 46327
Registry ID: 110000397945
DOVER CHEMICAL HAMMOND WORKS
3000 SHEFFIELD AVE, HAMMOND, IN, 46327
Registry ID: 110000397945
Statutes cited
- TSCA 5A/5B — Failure To Comply With Significant New Use Rules and Pre-manufacture Notice
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Dover Chemicalentered 2012-08-31
Primary law: TSCA
Federal penalty: $1,400,000
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 2012-02-07PRN Sent
- 2012-02-07Complaint Filed With Court
- 2012-02-07Final Order Lodged
- 2012-06-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2012-08-31Final Order Entered
- 2012-08-31Enforcement Action Closed
- 2012-08-31Concluded
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3000033658
- Case number
- HQ-2012-5018
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- HQ
- 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-2012-5018 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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