After visiting numerous chemical warehouses and distribution facilities, EPA discovered many facilities are not developing safety precautions, instituting maintenance, monitoring, and employee training measures and preparing risk management plans. EPA has taken enforcement actions and assessed penalties against several chemical warehouses and distribution facilities across the country, sometimes pursuing criminal enforcement actions.

 

Chemical warehouse and distribution facilities must ensure that their chemicals are managed safely, securely and in compliance with the federal laws enforced by EPA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). See this enforcement alert that shows case studies from across the nation and enforcement actions up to $950,000.