EPA SETTLES WITH KASON INDUSTRIES, INC. OF SHENANDOAH, GEORGIA FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1995--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and announced today the settlement of an administrative enforcement action against Kason Industries, Inc. of Shenandoah, Georgia for alleged violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 is a United States federal law locate at Title 42, Chapter 116 of the U.S. Code, concerned with emergency response preparedness. (EPCRA EPCRA Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act EPCRA Estes Park Chamber Resort Association (now Estes Park Chamber of Commerce; Estes Park, Colorado, USA) ). The Administrative Complaint alleges that the company failed to submit Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDs) and completed Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms for nickel, nickel sulfate sulfate, chemical compound containing the sulfate (SO4) radical. Sulfates are salts or esters of sulfuric acid, H2SO4, formed by replacing one or both of the hydrogens with a metal (e.g., sodium) or a radical (e.g., ammonium or ethyl). , zinc, nitric acid, potassium cyanide, and sulfuric acid for calendar years 1990-93 to the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC SERC - Science and Engineering Research Council ) and the local fire department with jurisdiction over the facility. The Consent Agreement and Consent Order requires the company to pay a civil penalty of $13,425 to the U.S. Treasury and undertake and complete a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP 1. SEP - Someone Else's Problem. 2. (tool) SEP - A SASD tool from IDE. ). The SEP will include the implementation of a closed-loop system which will exceed the required level of compliance and eliminate process waste water discharge to the Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW POTW Publicly Owned Treatment Works POTW Player of the Week POTW Picture of the Week POTW Poem of the Week (website) POTW Post of the Week POTW Patient of the Week (House, TV show) ). Implementation of the SEP will result in the following pollution reduction/prevention benefits: (a) production of a recyclable sludge to reclaim metals previously disposed of in a landfill; (b) decrease in sludge production; (c) decrease use of potable water; (d) recycle 70% of water feedrate from the new waste treatment system; and (e) elimination of the discharge of metal ions to the POTW. The cost of the SEP is estimated at $107,400. EPCRA, in part, requires certain businesses to submit reports on the amounts, location, and potential effects of certain chemicals used or stored in designated quantities at the facilities. These reports provide communities with information to prepare for and respond to emergencies involving hazardous compounds. CONTACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta Laurie Benton, 404/347-1033, ext. 6928 Carl Terry, 404/347-3004, ext. 6755 |
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