# ROYAL CROWN BOTTLING COMPANY OF CHICAGO
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30848`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0197
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $8K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ROYAL CROWN BOTTLING COMPANY OF CHICAGO (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE AGENCY HAS FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST ROYAL CROWN FOR     VIOLATING SECTION 312 OF EPCR: FAILING TO REPORT THE         PRESENCE OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA TO THE STATE EMERGENCY         RESPONSE COMMISSION AND LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMISSION  FOR THE 1994 AND 1995 CALENDAR YEARS.                        ON JULY 17,1996, U.S. EPA CONDUCTED AN EPCRA COMPLIANCE      INSPECTIONS AT ROYAL CROWN BOTTLING COMPANY OF CHICAGO,      CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.  THE INSPECTOR CALCUATED THE AMOUNT OF    ANHYDROUS AMMONIA IN THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS TO ABOUT      4,000 POUNDS.  ANHYDROUS AMMONIA IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS   SUBSTANCE WITH A THRESHOLD PLANNING QUANTITY AND MINIMUM     THRESHOLD LEVEL OF 500 POUNDS.  THE FACILITY VIOLATED EPCRA  SECTION 312 BY NOT SUBMITTING THE EMERGENCY AND HAZARDOUS    CHEMICAL INVENTORY FORM TO THE STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE      COMMISSION AND THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR    THE CALENDAR YEARS OF 1994 AND 1995.                         ON JUNE 19, 1998, U.S. EPA FILED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST THE RESPONDENT WITH ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA      SECTION 312 WITH A PROPOSED PENALTY OF $78,692.44.  ALTER-   NATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION WAS USED DURING AUGUST 19, 1998    UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22, 1998 AS PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW   JUDGES PROJECT.                                              ON FEBRUARY 23, 1999, U.S. APA FILED THE CONSENT AGREEMENT   AND CONSENT ORDER TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER.  THE RESPONDENT    HAS AGREED TO PAY A CASH PENALTY OF 

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