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FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY1995 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 35909

$50K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1995-0032
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 325 OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT -TO-KNOW ACT OF 1986 ( EPCRTKA ), 42 U.S.C.SEC. 11045 AND SECTION 109 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), AS AMENDED, 42 U.S.C. SEC. 9609. 2. FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION 201 FORMOSA DRIVE P.O. BOX 700 POINT COMFORT, TEXAS 77989 FACILITY ID NO. TX0000287060 3. FORMOSA WAS IN VIOLATION OF 25 COUNTS OF CERCLA SEC. 103 (A) FAILURE TO REPORT RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND SUBSTANCES, 3 VIOLATIONS OF EPCRTKA 304(A) FAILURE TO RE- PORT RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND SUBSTANCES AND 2 COUNTS OF EPCRTKA 304(C) FAILURE TO FILE FOLLOW-UP WITH WRITTEN NOTICE AFTER RELEASE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO CERCLA 109, AND EPCRTKA 325, A CIVIL PENALTY TOTALLING $599,000.00 IS PROPOSED.

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