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COPPER RANGE COMPANY

Judicial · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 28082

$1.60M
Penalty
Cost recovery
$200.00M
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1992-0258
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Y
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

ADDENDUM TO 9/25/92, EXPEDITED CIVIL REFERRAL AGAINST COPPER RANGECOMPANY, INC. THE 9/25/92, LITIGATION REPORT DOCUMENTED VIOLATIONS OF THE CAA, 42USC SECTION 7413. COPPER RANGE COMPANY, INC., HAS ALSO VIOLATED THENOTIFICATION PROVISIONS OF SECTION 103 CERCLA, 42 USC SECTION 9603 ANDSECTION 304 OF EPCRA, 42 USC SECT 11004. THESE PRIVISIONS REQUIRE THEOWNER OR OPERATOR OF A FACILITY TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIY THE NATUONALRESPONSE CENTER UNDER CERCLA, THE STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMMISION(SERC) UNDER EPCRA, AND THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE (LEPC)UNDER EPCRA IF A RELEASE OF A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE IN EXCESS OF AREPORTABLE QUANTITY FROM A FACILITY OCCURS. IN ADDITION, THE OWNER OROPERATORY IS REQUIRED BY SECTION 304(C) OF EPCRA TO PROVIDE, AS SOON ASPRACTICABLE, A FOLLOW-UP WRITTEN NOTICE TO BOTH THE SERC AND THE LEPCDETAILING THE NATURE OF THE RELEASE AND THE ACTIONS TAKEN IN RESPONSE TOTHE RELEASE. THIS ADDENDUM IS BASED BOTH ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE9/25/92, REFERRAL AND INFORMATION OBRAINED FROM THE NATIONAL EMERGENCYRESPONSE CENTER, THE SERC, AND THE LEPC. CONTACT WITH THE NATIONALRESPONSE CENTER, THE SERC, AND THE LEPC DEMONSTRATES THAT NONOTIFICATIONS OR WRITTEN FOLLOW-UPS WERE RECEIVED, IN VIOLATIONS OFCERCLA AND EPCRA. THIS CASE IS SIGNIFICANT IN THAT COPPER RANGE COMPANY JEOPARDIZEDTHE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF RESI

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