Hercules Inc. to Pay $2 Million to Settle Alleged Violations of Agreement With EPA

PHILADELPHIA—Hercules Inc. will pay $2 million in penalties to settle alleged violations of its consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency at the Resin Disposal Superfund Site in Jefferson Borough, EPA said July 8.

The settlement under the administrative decree resolves allegations that the company failed to notify EPA about three uncontrolled releases of hazardous substances from the site’s leachate treatment system in 2011.

One release on April 15, 2011, bypassed the treatment system and resulted in the hospitalization of a worker at the West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority (WESA) treatment plant and a four-day shutdown of the plant. Two other ...