# Stepan Company (Elwood) CAFO
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2014 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3400221133`
- **Case Number:** 05-2014-7251
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Stepan Company (Elwood, IL) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

This enforcement action was filed in response to violations to CAA 112(r)(7) which were discovered during a Risk Management Plan (RMP) inspection conducted on 9/24-25/2009.  It was found that the facility failed to comply with RMP regulations for Program 3 requirements in the following manner:  1.) Respondent failed to submit a Risk Management Plan that reflects all covered processes at the facility; 2.) Respondent had not conducted a process hazard analysis (PHA) on the process involved in the storage of sulfur trioxide, ethylene oxide and propylene oxide in railcars; and 3.) Repondent failed to conduct a compliance audit on this same railcar storage process for the three chemicals listed in Item 2.

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