← EPA enforcement cases

AMERICAN CHROME AND CHEMICAL INC.

Judicial · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 35402

$60K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1992-0056
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-2-1-1734
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

VIOLATIONS: FAILURE TO HAVE SUBMERGED FILL PIPES ON TWO STORAGE TANKS USED FOR STORAGE OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS SIP; FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AN INACTIVE ASBESTOS LANDFILL SO AS TO PREVENT VISIBLE EMISSIONS; AND FAILURE TO DEED RECORD THE REQUIRED NOTICES AND FILINGS WITH EPA FOR THE ASBESTOS LANDFILL. * PROPOSED RELIEF TO BE SOUGHT: A CIVIL PENALTY FOR ACC'S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH 40 CFR PART 61 SUBPART M AND REGULATION V, 115.101 OF THE TEXAS STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. * A MULTI-MEDIA INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AT THE AMERICAN CHROME FACILITY ON 3/25-30 AND 4/22-26, 1991 AS PART OF THE TOXIC RELEASE REDUCTION PROJECT (TRRP) INITIATED BY THE REGION, SUPORTED BY SUBSEQUENT ADMISSIONS BY ACC. * REFERRAL WAS SIGNED BY RA 3/30/92. * SYNOPSIS: AMERICAN CHROME AND CHEMICAL INC. (ACC) OWNS AND OPERATES A CHEMICAL PLANT AT 3800 BUDDY LAWRENCE DRIVE IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. THE FACILITY CONSISTS OF THREE PROCESSES THAT MANUFACTURE SODIUM DICHROMATE (DCS), CHROMIUM OXIDE, AND CHROMIC ACID FRO

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown