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TYSON FARMS, INC

Administrative - Formal · FY2012 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3000029043

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Case

Case Number
03-2012-0152
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

On June 1, 2012, Region III filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) with Tyson Farms, Inc. to both initiate and resolve a violation of Section 103 of CERCLA and violations of Section 304 of EPCRA. In the CAFO EPA alleges that Tyson Farms, Inc. failed to immediately notify the National Response Center as soon as it knew or should have known that a release of ammonia had occurred from the Glen Allen Processing Plant facility in an amount exceeding the relevant reportable quantity as required by Section 103 of CERCLA. Further, in the CAFO, EPA alleged that Tyson failed to file the required reports of the release with the State Emergency Response Commission and the Local Emergency Planning Committee as required by Section 304 of EPCRA. Tyson previously self-disclosed the violations but failed to meet the requirements of the Self-Disclosure Policy because it did not correct the violations in a timely manner and because Tyson had been the subject of enforcement actions for violations in other Regions related to the failure to report ammonia releases.

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