# HUDSON FOODS, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30786`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0128
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $9K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- HUDSON FOODS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS AN EPCRA 304 (A) AND CERCLA 103(A) ADMINISTRATIVE    ENFORCEMENT ACTION.  RESPONDENT IS HUDSON FOODS OF ALBERT    LEA, MINNESOTA.  THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED ON JUNE 27, 1996.   THERE WAS A RELEASE OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA FROM RESPONDENT'S   FACILITY IN ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA.  RESPONDENT FAILED TO     IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER OR THE       STATE OF THE RELEASE, IN VIOLATION OF CERCLA 103 (A) AND     EPCRA 304 (A).  U.S. EPA SEEKS A CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE        PENALTY OF $42,500.  HUDSON RECENTLY MERGED WITH TYSON FOODS MAKING TYSON FOODS THE SUCCESSOR TO THE LIABILITY FOR THESE  VIOLATIONS.  CASE WAS SETTLED FOR AN $8,500 PENALTY AND A    SEP VALVED AT $31,500.

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