AUGUST 19, 2024 - SPCC Expedited Settlement Agreement
On January 31, 2023, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted an inspection of H.B. Fuller Company's
(Respondent) facility located at 2333 Fuller Way, Tucker, Georgia 30084 (the Facility), to determine compliance with the Oil Pollution Prevention regulations promulgated at 40 C.F.R. Part 112 under Section 31l(j) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), as amended, 33
U.S.C. ? 132l(j). EPA determined that Respondent, as operator of the Facility, violated the Oil Pollution Prevention regulations as noted on the attached H.B. Fuller Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan (SPCC) Inspection Findings, Alleged Violations, and Proposed Penalty Form (Form), which is incorporated by reference.
EPA is authorized to enter into this Expedited Settlement Agreement (ESA) under the authority of Section 3ll(b)(6)(B)(i) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ? 1321(b)(6)(B)(i), as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and 40 C.F.R. ? 22.13(b). The parties enter into this ESA to settle the civil violations for a penalty of $4,281.
EPA finds Respondent is subject to the Oil Pollution Prevention regulations and has violated the regulations as described in the Form. Respondent admits it is subject to the Oil Pollution Prevention regulations and that EPA has jurisdiction over Respondent and Respondent's conduct as described in the Form. Respondent does not contest the inspection findings and neither admits nor
denies t