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HAVILAND PRODUCTS COMPANY

Administrative - Formal · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 28064

$11K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1992-0236
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

HAVILAND IS LOCATED IN GRAND RAPIDS, MI. ON 7/8/91 AT ABOUT 7:15 P.M. THERE WAS A RELEASE OF APPROX. 1750 LBS. OF CHLORINE. THE RELEASE OCCURRED WHEN 16,000 LBS OF LITHIUM HYPOCHLORITE AND APPROX 200 LBS OF SODIUM DICHLORO-S-TRIAZINETRIONE WERE DESTROYED IN A FIRE AT THE FACILITY. THE 2 CHLORINE CONTAINING COMPOUNDS ARE WATER AND HEAR REACTIVE. THE FIRE DEPT. WAS PUMPING WATER AT A RATE OF APPROX 5,000 GALLAONS/MINUTE ONTO THE BURNING BUILDING. AS A RESULT ALMOST 1,750 LBS OF CHLORINE WAS RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. HAVILAND FAILED TO NOTIFY THE NRC, THE SERC AND THE LEPC AS FAILED TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP TO THE SERC. CONSEQUENTLY, A PENALTY OF $100,000 WAS ASSESSED.

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