Waste Recovery Firm Settles Reporting Violations.

U.S. EPA settles with Southern California waste recovery firm for toxic chemical reporting violations.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reached a $16,940 settlement with a Los Angeles company for failing to submit toxic chemical reports, a violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.

Pacific Resource Recovery Services failed to submit timely, complete, and correct reports detailing the amounts of methanol released at its facility. 

EPA inspectors discovered the violations during a routine inspection this past April.

Federal community right-to-know laws require facilities processing more than 25,000 lbs. of methanol to report releases of the chemical on an annual basis with EPA and the state.  Pacific Resource Recovery Services exceeded this threshold in 2000 and 2001, but failed to submit methanol reports to EPA for either of those years.