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INTERCONTINENTAL EXPORT IMPORTS, THREE FACILITIES)

Administrative - Formal · FY2020 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3602101597

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Case

Case Number
03-2020-0040
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THE REGIONAL JUDICIAL OFFER ISSUED A FINAL ORDER, ACCEPTING THE CONSENT AGREEMENT AND COMMENCING AND SETTLING VIOLATIONS OF CAA SECTION 112(r)(1) AND EPCRA SECTIONS 311 AND 312. EPA DETERMINED THAT GREEN SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS, LLC, THE OPERATOR OF A PLASTICS RECYCLING FACILITY IN PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, VIOLATED THE CAA GENERAL CLAUSE'S OBLIGATIONS TO ENSURE THE SAFE STORAGE OF CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, BY STORING IT IN EXCESS OF SAFE BUILDING LIMITS AND BY FAILING TO SEPARATE IT FROM INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS. EPA ALSO DETERMINED THAT FOUR ENTITIES RELATED BY COMMON OWNERSHIP FAILED TO REPORT CHEMICALS PRESENT ABOVE THRESHOLD LEVELS TO THE STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION, THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEES AND LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS AT THREE FACILITIES. THE ENTITIES AND CHEMICALS ARE: STORAGE OF CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE BY GREEN SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS, THE OPERATOR OF THE PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA FACILITY; STORAGE OF POLYGUARD HR BY INTERNATIONAL EXPORT IMPORTS, INC., AND POLYMER ALLIANCE SERVICES, LLC, THE OPERATORS OF A PLASTICS RECYCLING FACILITY IN WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA AND RAVENSWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA. EPA'S INVESTIGATION AROSE IN THE AFTERMATH OF A 2017 FIRE AT ANOTHER WAREHOUSE OWNED AND OPERATED BY IEI THAT BURNED FOR FIVE DAYS AND LED TO THE EVACUATION OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY IN PARKERSGURG, WEST VIRGINIA. IN SETTLEMENT, THE FOUR RELATED ENTITIES HAVE AGREED TO PAY A CASH PENALTY. WEST VIRGINIA HAS NOT RECEIVED DELEG

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