EPA Announces Summary of Enforcement Actions for Spring 2012Contact Information: Cyndi Grafe, EPA Public Affairs, (208) 378-5771, grafe.cyndi@epa.gov Kim Ogle, EPA Compliance and Enforcement, (206) 553-0995, ogle.kim@epa.gov
(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 | Violations of Risk Management Program (RMP)* requirements for anhydrous ammonia (CAA)* at cheese factory. | $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 | Failure to submit timely Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI)* Reporting Forms for ammonia, hydrogen fluoride, and nitric acid. (EPCRA)* | $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)* | $22,880Stop Sale Order |
| OR | Boardman | 04/27/12 | Columbia River Processing, Inc. | Released 2,400 pounds of anhydrous ammonia at a cheese producing facility and failed to notify federal, state and local authorities in violation of (EPCRA)* and (CERCLA)*. | $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)* | $6,000Stop 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. | Failure to submit timely Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI)* Reporting Forms for xylene. (EPCRA)* | $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 |
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