John R Hess & Company has agreed to pay a penalty of $23,400 to settle claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to appropriately report chemicals used on its site in Cranston.
According to the EPA, the company failed to file Toxic Chemical Release Inventory forms listing chemicals processed, manufactured or used at its facility to the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act.
Hess processed more than the established thresholds of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, ethylene glycol, and other regulated chemicals, violating the federal right-to-know laws.
The agency said Hess submitted the forms after the due dates, resulting in five violations of Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act.
The enforcement action is intended to encourage better compliance with the Act's reporting requirements and ensure that the community is not deprived of its right to know about chemicals being processed, manufactured or used.
