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EPA Settlement with Slack Chemical Company in New York Resolves Violations of
Toxic Chemical Reporting Requirements
EPA Settlement with Slack Chemical Company in New York Resolves Violations of
Toxic Chemical Reporting Requirements
NEW YORK (October 11, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
announced a settlement with Slack Chemical Company Inc. to resolve alleged
violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
at the company’s facilities in Carthage and Saratoga Springs, New York. The
settlement includes a $231,300 civil penalty.
“EPA is working to ensure that regulated facilities comply with the “Right
to Know” requirements to ensure companies properly report their storage,
use, and releases of certain chemicals to federal, state, tribal, territorial
and local governments,” said EPA Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia.
“These reporting requirements are important because they are used to help
communities prepare for and protect against potential risks posed by
potentially dangerous chemicals.”
Slack Chemical Company, Inc. is a supplier of bulk chemicals. The company
stores, repackages, and distributes bulk chemicals to municipalities and
industry across the Northeast from three New York facilities using a
substantial delivery fleet of tractor trailers.
According to EPA, the company failed to properly submit forms required by EPA
and New York State with information about how much ammonia, methanol, nitric
acid, and toluene were managed at and released from the company’s facilities
during 2019 and 2021.
Under the terms of the consent agreement and final order with EPA, Slack has
voluntarily instituted a corporate compliance plan to prevent recurrence of
EPCRA reporting violations. For example, to improve compliance, the company
will add a written procedure detailing the steps required to identify Toxic
Release Inventory chemicals, calculating reportable quantities and subsequent
submittal.
EPCRA increases the public’s knowledge and access to information about
chemicals at certain regulated facilities which must report on the identity of
their chemicals, quantities of chemical releases into the environment, and
waste management activities. States and communities, working with facilities,
can use the information to improve chemical safety and protect public health
and the environment.
For more information about EPA’s enforcement program,
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