On May 20, 2020, EPA Region 10 issued a consent agreement and final order to Apex Anodizing, Inc.,
resolving violations of EPCRA Section 313 occuring in Portland, Oregon. EPA alleged that Apex
Anodizing violated EPCRA by failing to file Form R reports to the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for
nitric acid otherwise used by the facility from 2014 to 2018. Apex Anodizing has submitted its Form R
reports to the TRI and agreed to pay a penalty of $18,090.