# BOTTLING GROUP LLC (PEPSI) AND CB MFG CO
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2023 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3603743061`
- **Case Number:** 01-2023-1024
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Bottling Group, LLC d/b/a Pepsi Beverages Company (complaint) (settlement)
- CB Manufacturing Company, Inc. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On September 25, 2023, EPA settled an administrative penalty action against Bottling Group, LLC operating as Pepsi Beverages Company, and CB Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Respondents) alleging violations of Section 112(r)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), known as the  General Duty Clause , at their Cranston, Rhode Island beverage manufacturing, bottling, warehousing, transport, and sales facility.  The consent agreement and final order alleges that Respondents failed to minimize the consequences of a release with respect to the company's use of anhydrous ammonia in its refrigeration system.  The deficiencies included, for example: failure to provide adequate audible/visual alarms; no emergency ventilation override switches located outside of and adjacent to the primary ammonia machinery room (AMR) door; and no eyewash/safety shower unit outside of the primary entrance door to the AMR.  In settlement, the company will pay a $96,852 penalty and ensure that safety audits are conducted, pursuant to the International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration's Standard 9, at each of the 14 facilities that uses anhydrous ammonia as a refrigerant in the Pepsi Beverages Company unincorporated division.  The facility is located in an area of potential environmental justice concern.  The CAA 112(r) program is not delegated to the State, but EPA has informed Rhode Island of the settlement.

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