Kemira Water Solutions, Inc (Board decision, January 9, 2013)

Plain-English summary

Kemira Water Solutions, Inc. was the respondent in a Toxic Substances Control Act matter before the Environmental Appeals Board. The Board incorporated the attached Consent Agreement into its Final Order and ratified it. The Board ordered the company to comply with all terms of the Consent Agreement effective immediately. The released Final Order does not reproduce the agreement or state the underlying allegations, remedy, or penalty.

Decision snapshot

• Cited authorities: 40 C.F.R. § 22.18(b)-(c)
• Outcome: The attached Consent Agreement was ratified, and the respondent was ordered to comply with its terms immediately.
• Key point: The Board made the Consent Agreement effective through a Final Order.

Full text (EPA EAB public release)

               BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BO .lr*ft--------......,
           UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION              ~@ ~
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.
                                                                               JAN - 9 2013

In re: ) Clerk. Enllironm~IS Boanl
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Kemira Water Solutions, Inc. ) Docket No. TSCA-HQ-2013-5003 '
Atlanta, Georgia )
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FINAL ORDER

   Pursuant to 40 c.P.R. § 22.18(0) of EPA's Consolidated Rules of Practice, the attached

Consent Agreement resolving this matter is incorporated by reference into this Pinal Order and is
hereby ratified.

    The Respondent is ORDERED to comply with all terms of the Consent Agreement,

effective immediately.

      So Ordered. I




                                         Judge, Environmental Appeals Board




   I The two-member panel ratifying-this matter is composed of Environmental Appeals

Judges Catherine R. McCabe and Kathie A. Stein.
 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

     I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Final Order in the Matter of: Kemira Water

Solutions, Inc., Docket No. TSCA-HQ-2013-5003, were sent to the following persons in the
manner indicated:

By Pouch Mail:

                    Morgan E. Rog
                    Waste and Chemical Enforcement Division (Mail Code 2249A)
                    Office of Civil Enforcement
                    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                    1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                    Washington, D.C. 20460
                    (202) 564-7109

By First Class U.S. Mail:

                    Joseph W. Richey
                    President
                    Kemira Water Solutions, Inc.
                    1000 Parkwood Circle, Suite 500
                    Atlanta, GA 30339

                    Angela J. Levin
                    Troutman Sanders LLP
                    5200 Bank of America Plaza
                    600 Peachtree Street N.E.
                    Atlanta, GA 30308

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Environmental Appeals Board (Mail Code 11 03B)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460-0001