Shintech, K-Bin settle with feds
Houston Business Journal
Shintech Inc. and its subsidiary, K-Bin Inc., have agreed to pay about $12 million as part of a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency to comply with federal regulations at their manufacturing facilities in Freeport.
The Houston-based companies produce polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
The Justice Department and EPA, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, alleged that both companies violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by placing laboratory waste into two structures with earthen bottoms, and failed to comply with provisions of the Clean Air Act that require the prompt detection and repair of refrigeration units that leak ozone-depleting chemicals.
As part of the settlement, the two companies will spend $4.8 million to upgrade their manufacturing facilities; pay $2.6 million in civil penalties to resolve environmental violations; and perform $4.7 million worth of supplemental environmental projects.
Among other agreed measures, Shintech will create a free recycling program in the city of Houston that will pick up and recycle residential appliances containing ozone-depleting refrigerants.
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