# PROPANE TRANSPORT, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1994 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28828`
- **Case Number:** 05-1994-0176
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $11K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $11K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PROPANE TRANSPORT, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

U.S. EPA FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST PROPANE TRANSPORT,    INC. ( PTI ), SEEKING A $25,000 PENALTY FOR PTI'S FAILURE TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NATIONAL /RESPONSE CENTER (NRC) OF    ITS RELEASE OF A QUANTITY OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA THAT EXCEEDED A REPORTABLE QUANTITY BY 27 TIMES.  PTI DID NOT NOTIFY THE   NRC UNTIL 2 DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE.  PTI DOES NOT DENY THAT  THE RELEASE OCCURRED AND THAT THEY FAILED TO NOTIFY FOR 2    DAYS.  PTI CONTENDS, HOWEVER, THAT THE PENALTY IS NOT        JUSTIFIABLE, GIVEN THE VOILATION.  EPA FILED AN AMENDED      COMPLAINT TO CLARIFY SOME FACTS THAT CAME ATO LIGHT DURING   SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS.  THE AMOUNT OF THE PROPOSED PENALTY WAS NOT ALTERED.  BOTH PARTIES HAVE FILED THEIR RESPECTIVE   PREHEARING EXCHANGES.  EPA PLANS TO FILE A MOTION FOR        ACCELERATED DECISION ON LIABILITY.

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