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RBF FROZEN DESSERTS LLC

Administrative - Formal · FY2014 · — · Litigated No Penalty · 3400284952

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
01-2014-1510
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Litigated No Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

On August 22,2014, EPA Region I issued a Clean Air Act Scetion 303 emergency order to RBF Frozen Desserts LLC of West Hartford, Connecticut. The company manufactures and stores frozen desserts at it facility in West Hartford, which is co-located in the same building as a restaurant and theater. It is also near homes, schools, and other businesses. The company uses anhydrous ammonia as a refrigerant. After a 2010 ammonia release and a 2013 fire at the facility, the local fire department contacted the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP), which contacted EPA. EPA conducted two inspections on July 14, 2014 and August 14, 2014, the second with an ammonia refrigeration expert. EPA found some very dangerous conditions at the facility. To fix some of these problems requires removal of ammonia from the system. The Clean Air Act Section 303 emergency order will require the facility to remove the ammonia. It also prohibits the facility from adding ammonia back into the system unitl it fixes dangerous conditions. Should the facility be unwilling to remove the ammonia from the system, EPA will use its CERCLA authority to conduct the work itself.

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
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