Tricon International Ltd., d/b/a as Tricon Energy Limited and Tricon Dry Chemicals, LLC (Board decision, March 22, 2016)

Plain-English summary

Tricon International Ltd., doing business as Tricon Energy Limited, and Tricon Dry Chemicals, LLC entered a Consent Agreement with EPA. The Environmental Appeals Board incorporated the agreement into its Final Order and ratified it under the Consolidated Rules of Practice. The respondent was ordered to comply with every term of the agreement immediately.

Decision snapshot

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

Full text (EPA EAB public release)

F I L E D

MAR 22 2016

Clerk, Environmental Appeals Board
INITIALS [illegible]

ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C.

In re:

Tricon International Ltd., d/b/a as
Tricon Energy Limited and
Tricon Dry Chemicals, LLC.

Docket No. TSCA-HQ-2016-5001

FINAL ORDER

Pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 22.18(b)-(c) of EPA’s Consolidated Rules of Practice, the attached Consent Agreement resolving this matter is incorporated by reference into this Final Order and is hereby ratified.

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

So ordered.¹

ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD

Dated: 3/22/2016

By: [signature]
Kathie A. Stein
Environmental Appeals Judge

¹ The three-member panel ratifying this matter is composed of Environmental Appeals Judges Mary Kay Lynch, Kathie A. Stein, and Mary Beth Ward.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that copies of the foregoing “Consent Agreement” and “Final Order” in the matter of Tricon International Ltd., d/b/a as Tricon Energy Limited and Tricon Dry Chemicals, LLC, Docket No. TSCA-HQ-2016-5001, were filed and copies of the same were sent to the following persons in the manner indicated:

By First Class Certified Mail/
Return Receipt Requested:

Philip A. Moffat, Esq.

Verdant Law, PLLC

1025 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036

Tricon International Limited/Tricon Energy Limited
Attn: James Prazak (Operations Manager)

777 Post Oak Boulevard

Houston, TX 77056

By Interoffice Mail:

Waste and Chemical Enforcement Division
Attn: Tony R. Ellis

Office of Civil Enforcement

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Mail Code 2249A

Washington, DC 20460

Dated: MAR 22 2016

[signature]
Annette Duncan
Secretary