# RHONE-POULENC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30691`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0844
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $54K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $40K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- RHONE-POULENC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON FEBRUARY 20, 1997, A RELEASE OF  TOXIC  FUMES OCCURRED    AT THE RHONE-POULENC FACILITY IN HAMMOND, INDIANA.  ECAB     IS INVESTIGATING IF ANY RCRA SECTION WAS VIOLATED.  THERE    IS A POSSIBILITY THAT EPA WILL ISSUE A RCRA 3008(A) OR       RCRA 7003 FOR THIS CASE.                                     A COMPLAINT WAS FILED ON SEPTEMBER 29,1997, ALLEGING         VIOLATIONS OF THE GENERAL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS AND TANK    SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS FOUND AT 40 CFR 265.15, 265.16,         265.194 AND 265.195.  THESE VIOLATIONS WERE DISCOVERED       DURING AN INSPECTION CONDUCTED IN RESPONSE TO A FEBRUARY     1997 TOXIC FUME RELEASE.  ON JUNE 10 A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT ORDER WAS FILED BETWEEN THE U.S.EPA AND RHODIA.

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