# ICI ACRYLICS, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `22328`
- **Case Number:** 04-1997-0515
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $9K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ICI ACRYLICS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

COMPLAINT FILED 9/29/97, ALLEGING:                           RESPONDENT SUBMITTED INFORMATION THAT ON OCTOBER 27, 1994, A RELEASE OF APPROXIMATELY 1800 TO 2500 POUNDS OF ETHYL        ACRYLATE (CAS #140885), A LISTED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE UNDER   RCRA SUBTITLE I, OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF OVER-FILLING THE    20,000 GALLON UST.                                           SECTION 9002 OF RCRA AND 40 CFR 280.50, REQUIRES AS AN       INITIAL RESPONSE, IN PART, THAT OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF UST  SYSTEMS NOTIFY THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY OF A RELEASE FROM AN  UST WITHIN 24 HOURS.  EPA RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION OF THE    RELEASE DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 7.                            SECTION 9003 OF RCRA AND 40 CFR SECTION 280.42 REQUIRES, IN  PART, THAT ONWERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE UST   SYSTEMS PROVIDE SYSTEM RELEASE DETECTION, ACCORDING TO A     PHSE IN SCHEDULE, THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF 40 CFR      280.41.                                                      THE THREE UST SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN 1983 WERE REQUIRED TO     HAVE TANK RELEASE DETECTION BY 12/22/92.                     TANK RELEASE DETECTION WAS NOT PROVIDED FOR THE 3 CLOSED UST SYSTEMS FROM 12/22/92, UNTIL CLOSURE ON OR ABOUT 12/8/96.

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