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U.S. EPA fines  Anaheim deli meat manufacturer $36,400 over ammonia release  
violation:  Firm failed to properly notify response  agencies  
LOS ANGELES - The U.S.  Environmental Protection Agency recently fined the 
Bridgford Foods Corporation  $36,400 for a 2006 ammonia air release violation 
at 
its food packaging plant  located at 1308 North Patt Street, in Anaheim, 
Calif.  
Bridgford Foods did not properly  notify the National Response Center and the 
California Office of Emergency  Services, and the company failed to 
immediately contact the Anaheim Fire  Department, which was a responder to 
the 
emergency incident.  
“Facilities using hazardous  chemicals must provide timely and accurate 
information about the risks posed by  these chemicals to local, state and 
federal 
officials,” said Keith Takata,  Superfund Director, EPA Pacific Southwest 
Region. “Without this information,  emergency planners and first responders 
cannot 
be adequately prepared to protect  our communities in the event of an 
accidental or intentional release of those  chemicals.”  
According to the EPA, in  June 2006, Bridgford Foods Corporation released 
over 4,000 pounds of ammonia due  to equipment strainer failure. This release 
was 
a reportable quantity under the  federal Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-To-Know-Act and the Comprehensive  Environmental Response, Compensation 
and 
Liability Act  
Exposure to ammonia can  irritate the skin, eyes, and respiratory system.  
Ammonia is listed as a  hazardous substance under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response,  Compensation, and Liability Act.  
Bridgford Foods Corporation  manufactures bread, deli meats and sandwiches.  
The firm has since made  modifications at the facility and changed 
notification procedures, to ensure  that any future accidental releases would 
be easier 
to curtail and immediately  reported.  
The Comprehensive  Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 
requires immediate  notification of the release of a reportable quantity of a 
hazardous substance,  such as ammonia, in order to allow emergency response 
teams 
an opportunity to  evaluate the nature and extent of the release, prevent 
exposure to the hazardous  substance, and minimize consequences to public 
health 
and the environment.  
For more information on the CERCLA,  please visit: 
_http://www.epa.gov/superfund/policy/cercla.htm_ 
(http://www.epa.gov/superfund/policy/cercla.htm) .  
Since 1986, the Emergency Planning and  Community Right-to-Know Act requires 
that facilities report on-site extremely  hazardous chemicals, to ensure 
emergency responders take proper precautions in  the event an accidental or 
intentional release occurs.  
For more information on the Emergency  Planning and Community 
Right-To-Know-Act, please visit EPA’s web site at: 
_http://www.epa.gov/emergencies/content/epcra/index.htm_ 
(http://www.epa.gov/emergencies/content/epcra/index.htm)     
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