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Administrative - Formal · FY1999 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 31691

Penalty
Cost recovery
$0
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1999-0363
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

ON APRIL 11, 1999, AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING THE WEST AEROSOL CAN FEED MECHANISM THAT CAUSED A FIRE, A RELEASE, INJURIES TO A WORKER AND A POSSIBLE EXPLOSION. THE RESPONDENT PRO- VIDED A REPORT ABOUT THE ACCIDENT ON MAY 3, 1999, EXPLAIN- ING THE CAUSES OF THE ACCIDENT AND PROPOSING A SOLUTION TO ADDRESS THE ACCIDENT FROM REOCCURRING. HOWEVER, US EPA DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED SOLUTION DID NOT PROPERLY ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS (ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL) FROM REOCCURRING AND THEREFORE ISSUED A 7003 ORDER TO PREVENT THE RESPONDENT FROM OPERATING THIS FEED MECHANISM UNTIL US EPA IS SATIS- FIED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAS OR WILL FULLY ADDRESS ALL OF THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION OF THE AEROSOL CAN FEED MECHANISM.

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EPA ECHO
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