According to the report Trident has agreed to spend over $51,000 in emergency response equipment for responders in Kodiak and Akutan, Alaska. The company informed that it has settled with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and agreed to pay a $61,354 penalty for violating the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) by failing to properly report the storage of ammonia at four facilities.
It is told that the company is failed to file Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms with local emergency response entities in Alaska and Washington. Trident is agreed to pay the penalty and also ready to perform a Supplemental Environmental Project, providing over $23,000 in emergency response equipment to first responders in Kodiak, Alaska and over $28,000 in response equipment to responders in Akutan, Alaska.
Edward Kowalski, Director of EPA’s Office of Compliance & Enforcement in Seattle, said that EPA’s main concern is to see the safety of consumers and prevent chemical accidents. He also opined that EPA is fully committed to reducing the likelihood and severity of accidental chemical releases by enforcing the law, protecting people and the environment and creating a level playing field for industry.
