Summary

In accordance with Section 309(g) of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g), and the Consolidated Rules of Practice at 40 C.F.R. Part 22, notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement, recorded in a Consent Agreement and Proposed Final Order (“Proposed Consent Agreement”), between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 (“EPA”), and Double R Trading, Inc. to resolve the following civil administrative penalty proceeding under Section 309(g).

In the Matter of Double R Trading, Inc.

Docket No. CWA-09-2018-0002

Complainant, Director, Enforcement Division, EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105; Respondent Double R Trading, Inc. (“Respondent”) located in Los Angeles, California.

On December 5, 2017, pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 22.13(b) and 22.18(b)(2) and (3), Complainant and Respondent entered into a Proposed Consent Agreement to simultaneously commence and conclude this CWA Class I civil administrative penalty proceeding. The Proposed Consent Agreement requires Respondent to pay to the United States a penalty of twenty-three thousand three hundred twenty-six dollars ($23,326.00). Payment of this penalty will resolve EPA’s allegations that the Respondent violated Section 301(a) of the CWA on at least two days by discharging pollutants from a point source into waters of the United States without National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit authorization.

Complainant: Kathleen Johnson, Director, Enforcement Division, U.S. EPA, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

Respondent: Double R Trading, Inc., 14131 S Avalon Blvd, Los Angeles, California

Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent:  A processing facility that recycles used and new High Density Plastic Bottles.

Proposed Order and Penalty: $23,326.

For More Information

Persons wishing to receive a copy of 40 C.F.R. Part 22, review the documents filed by the parties, comment upon the proposed penalty assessment, or participate in any hearing that may be held, should contact the Regional Hearing Clerk identified above. Unless otherwise noted the public record for the proceeding is located in the EPA Regional Office, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105 and the file will be open for public inspection during normal business hours.