# Nouryon Surface Chemistry, LLC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2023 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3603700482`
- **Case Number:** 06-2023-0927
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Nouryon Surface Chemistry, LLC (settlement)
## Summary

The week of August 14, 2023, EPA Region 6 issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order ( CAFO ) under its authority pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( RCRA ) to Nouryon Surface Chemistry LLC ( Nouryon ) located in Houston, TX. The CAFO was issued in response to violations of:
i) Failure to file an adequate or accurate initial or subsequent notification of RCRA activities; and
ii) Failure to have a contingency plan that contains the elements set forthe in 40 C.F.R. 262 Subpart M. 

The CAFO requires Nouryon to:
A) Revise its contingency plan to describe the arrangements made with local responders, includes names and emergency telephone numbers for emergency coordinators, and includes a list of emergency response equipment and their capabilities.
B) Pay a civil penalty of five hundred twelve dollars ($512).

Nouryon must respond to EPA Region 6 within ninety (90) days of filing. The penalty must be paid within thirty (30) days of filing.

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