Westminster, Mass.-based companies Ranor, Inc. and Techprecision Corporation face federal penalties under the Clean Water Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) for infringements at their Westminster metal fabrication facility.
EPA New England seeks, via an administrative complaint filed earlier this month, up to $157,000 from the company for discharging storm water without a permit. The complaint also cites Ranor, Inc. and Techprecision Corporation’s failure to submit EPA Toxic Release Inventory Forms for its plant’s processing of materials containing chromium, nickel and manganese. EPCRA violations could cost the company up to an additional $32,500.
For more than five years the company in question has failed to address the Westminster facility’s storm water discharges and conduct proper monitoring. Both the company and EPA, then, remained unaware of the amount of pollutants being released into U.S. waters, threatening their quality. “The right-to-know violations are also significant because EPA and the general public need to know how facilities are affecting the neighborhoods in which they live,” said Robert W. Varney, Regional Administration of EPA’s New England office.
For more information on EPA New England’s enforcement of the Clean Water Act, visit epa.gov/region1/enforcement/water/index.html.
For more information on EPA New England’s enforcement of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, visit epa.gov/region1/enforcement/epcra/index.html.
Source: EPA
