Court okays Dupont, EPA settlement
Jessica Bagley
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York has approved an agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and DuPont following allegations that the Town of Tonawanda Yerkes plant was not properly monitoring its air emissions.
Under the agreement, DuPont will pay a $440,000 penalty. The company has also agreed to comply with air pollution control measures required by the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, as well as the Clean Air Act, which requires that large industrial facilities that emit hazardous air pollutants report emissions and have effective pollution controls.
As part of the consent decree, DuPont will properly monitor and test its emission systems, including releases from the plant’s smoke stack.
DuPont allegedly did not have the proper operating parameters for its pollution control equipment and failed to maintain a monitoring system for the equipment. The complaint also accused the company of violating several reporting requirements and underreporting air pollution.
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