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NATIONAL CHAIN

Administrative - Formal · FY2023 · — · — · 3603420513

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
01-2023-3000
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

On November 15, 2022, EPA Region 1 and the National Chain Company (National Chain) settled an administrative penalty case for alleged violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to-Know Act (EPCRA) and EPCRA regulations that occurred at National Chain's silver jewelry manufacturing facility in Warwick, Rhode Island. EPA alleged that National Chain failed to timely file EPCRA Section 313 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reports for anhydrous ammonia and silver processed or used at the facility during the 2020 calendar year. National Chain filed its missing TRI reports in December 2021. EPA and National Chain settled the case with a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) that both initiated and concluded the action with National Chain agreeing to pay a settlement penalty of $28,260. EPCRA's TRI reporting program is a non-delegated federal program enforced only by EPA without state involvement. Enforcement of EPCRA's TRI reporting requirements ensures that communities are not deprived of their right to know about chemicals used or stored within their vicinity that may affect public health or the environment. The facility is not in an area of environmental justice concern.

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