Chicago-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 recently settled for a civil penalty of $42,137, plus another $22,500 for training, in a case against MBH Trucking LLC, Webberville, Mich., for failure to provide required reporting on a 920 pound anhydrous ammonia release. EPA reports that an MBH truck driver failed to provide immediate notification to the National Response Center and state and local emergency response commissions of the release while making a delivery to a farm. Releases of anhydrous ammonia greater than 100 pounds must be immediately reported. MBH also failed to provide state and local authorities with chemical information about the diesel fuel that was onsite at the company’s transport facility. The diesel fuel has been removed from the site. The training will be provided to the trucking and agricultural industries in Michigan.
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