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Environment and Sustainability EPA and Double Eagle Steel Coating Settle on Reporting Violations

May 19, 2009

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 recently settled with Double Eagle Steel Coating Co. on hazardous chemical and toxic release inventory reporting violations at its Dearborn, Mich., facility.

Federal law requires local and state authorities be notified of hazardous chemical storage.

EPA notes that in the event of a fire or emergency, responders need to know what they are dealing with so they can take steps to protect people living or working in the area.

EPA filed the complaint against Double Eagle for failure to report many hazardous chemicals stored at the Dearborn site, including sulfuric acid, lead, zinc and hydrochloric acid. To resolve the complaint, the company paid a civil penalty of $93,392.

The company has since submitted its required emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms to Michigan Department of Environmental Quality as well as the Michigan Citizen-Community Emergency Response Coordinating Council, Wayne County Local Emergency Planning Committee and Dearborn Fire Department.

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