Chemicals and Solvents, doing business as Chemsolv, has agreed to pay a $43,967 penalty and complete about $200,000 in safety improvements to settle alleged violations.
Chemsolv and Austin Holdings, owner of two of three properties that make up the facility, will be responsible to settle the violations.
According to an EPA complaint, the alleged violations include the facility’s lack of fire protection, inadequate secondary containment, and improper storage of incompatible chemicals.
Other violations concern the company’s failure to fully implement its risk management program and to submit required documentation to state, county and local officials for the facility’s numerous hazardous chemicals.
EPA ordered Chemsolv to take extensive measures to ensure that its storage facilities complied with industry standards and risk management program regulations, and to comply with the order, the company rebuilt two large warehouses at the facility.
