EPA
Announces Summary of Enforcement Actions for Spring
2012
(Seattle – August 10, 2012) The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed 38 enforcement actions from
April 1 through June 30, 2012 to ensure individuals, businesses, and governments
comply with the nation’s laws that protect public health and the
environment.
Before taking
enforcement actions, the EPA offers compliance assistance to help regulated
industries and individuals understand and comply with federal environmental
laws. When these laws are broken, it puts people’s health and the environment at
risk. Those who don’t comply with the laws also gain an unfair business
advantage over those who have invested in pollution controls and comply with the
law.
Below is a
summary table of EPA’s enforcement actions from April - June 2012. In some cases
penalties are issued to help ensure a level playing field for and to deter
future violations. Penalty amounts may vary depending on a variety of factors,
such as the number and magnitude of violations, how quickly the violations are
corrected, whether there is a history of violations, and the ability of the
respondent to pay. Compliance Orders direct the violator to bring their
activities back into compliance with environmental laws, and do not include
penalties.
April 1 - June 30, 2012
|
State
|
City of
violation
|
Date issued/
filed
|
Respondent
|
Description of
Alleged Violation
|
Penalty
amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AK
|
Cordova
|
04/05/12
|
Shoreside
Petroleum, Inc.
|
Failure to
sample discharges according to Clean Water Act (CWA)* permit for tank
farms.
|
$70,000
|
|
AK
|
Haines
|
04/20/12
|
Robert and
Nancy Loomis
|
Clean Water Act
(CWA)*
violations for unauthorized filling into wetlands and construction stormwater
discharges without a permit.
|
$22,500
|
|
AK
|
N/A
|
05/11/12
|
Ocean Peace,
Inc.
|
Violating Clean
Water Act (CWA)*
discharge permit on fishing vessel “Ocean Peace.”
|
$98,000
|
|
AK
|
Unalaska
|
06/08/12
|
Alyeska
Seafoods, Inc.
|
Violations of
Risk Management Program (RMP)*
requirements at seafood processing plant.
|
$43,373
|
|
AK
|
Offshore
|
06/21/12
|
Akulurak,
LLC
|
Fishing Vessel
M/V Courageous failed to report and monitor discharges according to the (CWA)*
Offshore Seafood Processors General Permit.
|
$1,500
|
|
ID
|
Buhl
|
03/25/12
|
Fish Breeders
of Idaho, Inc.
|
Catfish
aquaculture facility exceeded its phosphorus discharge limits and submitted
reports late under a (CWA)*
permit.
|
$15,000
|
|
ID
|
Idaho
County
|
04/05/12
|
City Service
Valcon
|
Tanker truck
spilled 950 gallons of fuel, in violation of (CWA)*
oil and hazardous substances liability requirements.
|
$3,000
|
|
ID
|
Caldwell
|
04/27/12
|
Rhodes
International
|
Failure to
properly report the storage of ammonia at Caldwell, ID facility. Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
|
$84,484
|
|
ID
|
Cottonwood
|
05/18/12
|
Idaho
Department of Corrections
|
Exceeding (CWA)*
permit requirements for ammonia, E. coli, biological oxygen demand, total
suspended solids, and pH; at the North Idaho Correctional
Institution
|
$51,000
|
|
ID
|
Rupert
|
05/21/12
|
Brewster West
LLC
|
$4,260
| |
|
ID
|
Ahsahka
|
05/25/12
|
Ahsahka Water
and Sewer District
|
Wastewater
treatment plant violations of (CWA)*
permit for discharge of E. coli, total suspended solids, total residual
chlorine, and pH.
|
$694
|
|
ID
|
Culdesac
|
05/25/12
|
City of
Culdesac
|
Wastewater
treatment plant violations of (CWA)*
permit for discharge of E. coli, biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended
solids, total residual chlorine, and pH.
|
$1,000
|
|
ID
|
Caldwell
|
06/13/12
|
City of
Caldwell
|
Wastewater
treatment plant violations of (CWA)*
permit for discharge of total suspended solids and total
ammonia.
|
$11,000
|
|
ID
|
Wilder
|
06/13/12
|
City of
Wilder
|
Wastewater
treatment plant violations of (CWA)*
permit for discharge of E. coli, biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended
solids and total residual chlorine.
|
$3,100
|
|
OR
|
Pendleton
|
04/16/12
|
Joe
McDonald
|
Agricultural
burning on the Umatilla Indian Reserbation during a “no-burn day” in violation
of the Federal Air Rules for Reservations (FARR)*.
|
$1,300
|
|
OR
|
Portland
|
04/16/12
|
BNSF Railway
Co.
|
Removing
contaminated soil from under a Superfund cleanup cap without identifying the
hazardous waste (RCRA)*
|
$37,500
|
|
OR
|
Portland
|
04/16/12
|
Kanto
Corporation
|
$58,200
| |
|
OR
|
White
City
|
04/24/12
|
Thermo Fluids,
Inc.
|
Deficient Spill
Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC)* plan and inadequate secondary containment
measures.
|
$1,400
|
|
OR
|
Portland
|
04/25/12
|
Columbia
Sportswear
|
Sale and
distribution of misbranded pesticide infused clothing products. (FIFRA)*
|
$22,880
Stop Sale
Order
|
|
OR
|
Boardman
|
04/27/12
|
Columbia River
Processing, Inc.
|
$42,435
| |
|
OR
|
Portland
|
05/25/12
|
American
Property Management
|
Failed to
notify tenants of possible presence of lead in residences before signing lease
housing contracts. (TSCA)*
|
$10,000
|
|
OR
|
Nehalem
|
05/30/12
|
Dila Dairy,
Inc.
|
Discharged
pollutants from Confined Animal Feeding Operation in violation of (CWA)*
permit.
|
$10,000
|
|
OR
|
Klamath
Falls
|
06/29/12
|
Curtis O. Baney
Marital Trust
|
Failed to
notify tenants of possible presence of lead in residences before signing lease
housing contracts. (TSCA)*
|
$24,600
|
|
OR
|
Vale
|
06/29/12
|
Farmers Supply
Cooperative, Inc.
|
Produced
pesticides in an unregistered facility. (FIFRA)*
|
$2,080
|
|
WA
|
Wapato
|
04/26/12
|
Pace
International LLC
|
Sale and
distribution of misbranded pesticide products. (FIFRA)*
|
$6,000
Stop Sale
Order
|
|
WA
|
Bellingham
|
05/11/12
|
Robert
Kerr
|
Failed to
notify tenants of possible presence of lead in residences before signing lease
housing contracts. (TSCA)*
|
$21,800
|
|
WA
|
Seattle
|
05/15/12
|
Machinists
(DSR), Inc.
|
$8,500
| |
|
WA
|
Whatcom
County
|
05/15/12
|
Nielsen
Brothers, Inc.
|
Truck spilled
120 gallons of diesel, in violation of (CWA)*
oil and hazardous substances liability requirements.
|
$11,000
|
|
WA
|
Toppenish
|
06/19/12
|
Green Acre
Farms, Inc.
|
EPA’s Federal
Air Rules for Reservations (FARR)*
resulting from burning prohibited materials and open burning during burn
bans.
|
$3,500
|
*List of
acronyms:
CAA – Clean Air Act
CWA – Clean Water Act
RMP – Risk Management Program
SDWA – Safe Drinking Water
Act
TRI – Toxic Release Inventory
UST – Underground Storage Tank
TSCA - Toxic Substances Control
Act
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