# BRIDGFORD FOODS OF ILLINOIS, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30058`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0019
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $2K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BRIDGFORD FOODS OF ILLINOIS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON FEBRUARY 3, 1997, U.S. EPA ISSUED A PREFILING NOTICE      LETTER TO BFI DECLARING U.S. EPA'S INTENT TO FILE A          COMPLAINT ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA SECTION 312 FOR BFI'S FAILURE TO FILE COMPLETED EMERGENCY AND HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL   INVENTORY FORMS ( TIER FORM ) FOR ANHYDROUS AMMONIA WITH THE RELEVANT STATE EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMISSION AND LOCAL       EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1994. BECAUSE BFI'S SIC CODE DESIGNATED IT AS A  FOOD AND KINDRED          PRODUCTS  BUSINESS ENTITY, BRI WAS EXTENDED THE BENEFIT OF   U.S. EPA'S NATIONAL EPCRA SECTION 312 SECTOR ENFORCEMENT     AGREEMENT INITIATIVE (THE  INITIATIVE ). U.S. EPA OPERATES   THE INITIATIVE TO ENHANCE EPCRA COMPLIANCE IN THE FOOD AND   KINDRED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. ALTHOUGH BFI COULD NOT HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE INITIATIVE BECAUSE OF U.S. EPA'S INSPECTION DISCOVERING BFI'S VIOLATIONS PREDATED THE INITIATIVE, THE    INITIATIVE EQUIVALENT WAS EXTENDED TO BFI DUE TO EQUITY      CONSIDERATIONS. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE INITIATIVE, ALL OF    BFI'S VIOLATIONS WOULD SETTLE FOR $2,000.                    PENALTY PAID IN FULL 7/31/97.                                RESPONDENT COMPLIED WITH ALL ORDER REQUIREMENTS: 7/31/97

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