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AMERICAN CONVERTERS, INC.

Administrative - Formal · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 27346

$500
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1990-0061
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

RESPONDENT COMPANY WAS INSPECTED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH THE EPCRA REGULATIONS, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 11011 AND TO DOCUMENT THE FACILITY'S REPORTING PRACTICES. THE COMPANY USES ONLY ONE SECTION 313 TOXIC CHEMICAL OR CHEMICAL COMPOUND IN SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY, THAT BEING 1,1,1- TRICHLOROETHANE (METHYL CHLOROPHORM), CAS NO. 71-55-6. THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE SUBJECT FACILITY USED APPROXI- MATELY 11,292 POUNDS OF 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE DURING CALEND- AR YEAR 1987 AND THEREFORE SHOULD HAVE FILED A COMPLETED TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE FORM R WITH THE PROPER AUTHORITIES BEFORE JULY 1, 1988. AS NO REPORT HAD BEEN FILED FOR THAT PERIOD, A PENALTY WAS PROPOSED IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000.

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