# Amerada Hess Corporation
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2004 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `108726`
- **Case Number:** 02-2004-4104
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Amerada Hess Corporation (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

LATE REPORTER INITITATIVE - This is a consolidated action pursuant to our Consolidated Rules of Practice (40 C.F.R. �22.18(b)(2) and (3)), which provide that a proceeding may be simultaneously commenced and concluded by the issuance of a Consent Agreement and Final Order when the parties agree to settle one or more causes of action before the filing of an Administrative Complaint.  We intend to settle the case in this matter.
A review of the Toxic Release Inventory Envirofacts Database (TRI Database) indicated that the Respondent voluntarily submitted the following Form A reports to the EPA:
Facility Name	Chemical Name 	Reporting Year	Report Due	Report Submitted	Days Late
Roseton Terminal  Newburgh, NY	ethylbenzene	2001	July 1, 2002 	Dec. 24, 2002	175
Edgewater Terminal
Edgewater, NJ	ethylbenzene	2001	July 1, 2002 	Dec. 24, 2002	175

On June 26, 2003, a letter addressing the above late reporting violations was sent to the company in an effort to gain more insight into the circumstances concerning the above violations.  Based on the  information provided by Amerada Hess Corporation (Hess) on August 12, 2003, it was determined that Hess  had �processed � (as defined in 40 C.F.R. � 372.3) 50,301 lbs. of ethylbenzene at the Roseton Terminal and 110,130  lbs. at the Edgewater Terminal during 2001.

These failures to submit Form A reports, in a timely manner, constitute violations of Section 313 of EPCRA, 42 U.S.C. � 11023, and 40 C.F.R � 372.30.  The amount of

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