EPA has settled with a Las Vegas mining and asphalt manufacturer for $18,060 after it failed to submit toxic chemical reports, a violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.
The company failed to submit timely, complete, and correct reports detailing the amount of benzo(g,h,i)perylene and polycyclic aromatic compounds released at its facility in 2003 and 2004. The company corrected the reporting violations within 80 days of EPA’s June 2006 inspection.
Federal community right-to-know laws require facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use more than 10 pounds of benzo(g,h,i)perylene or 100 pounds of polycyclic aromatic compounds to report releases of these chemical on an annual basis to EPA and the state. The company exceeded the thresholds in 2003 and 2004, and allegedly failed to submit release reports to EPA.
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