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Article: EPA TAKES ACTION AGAINST CONNECTICUT-BASED CORPORATION FOR TOXIC CHEMICAL REPORTING VIOLATIONS AT PHOENIX FACILITY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 29, 2009
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 28 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following press release:
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined HEAD/Penn Racquet Sports $24,780 for allegedly failing to report the amount of toxic chemicals released by its Phoenix, Ariz., facility, in violation of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.
The company failed to report emissions of N-hexane and zinc compounds from its facility to the EPA's annual Toxics Release Inventory for 2007. The Conn.-based corporation owns and operates the facility located at 306 S. 45th Avenue in Phoenix.
"These reports provide the public with valuable information about the toxic chemicals ...