Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 32221
$35K
Penalty
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Cost recovery
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Compliance action
Case
Case Number
05-2000-0180
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Y
Self-disclosure
N
Summary
ON AUGUST 30, 1998 VENTURA FOODS, INC., HAD A RELEASE OF 1000-1500 POUNDS OF AMMONIA FROM A RELIEF VALVE ON THEIR AMMONIA REFRIGERATION SYSTEM. VENTURA FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AND SERC OF THE RELEASE AND FAILED TO SUBMIT A WRITTTEN FOLLOW UP REPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE RELEASE. IN ADDITION, VENTURA FAILED TO SUBMIT A TIER II REPORT FOR THE STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL TO THE SERC AND ALBERTA LEA FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE 1996 AND 1997 REPORTING YEARS. CAFO SETTLING COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA 304 AND 312, AND CERCLA 103. CAFO FILED 10/25/00, PENALTY PAYMENT SENT BY VENTURA FOODS ON 11/22/00; SEPS ARE STILL BEING IMPLEMENTED. ATTORNEY: KEVIN CHOW