U.S. EPA has reached a settlement with a food processing plant and its cold storage warehouse, under which the company paid a $1.1 million civil penalty. The company violated federal Clean Air Act (CAA) chemical safety requirements. These violations involve the safe handling of anhydrous ammonia, a hazardous chemical used for cooling and refrigeration. This enforcement action follows a chemical release at the food processing facility on December 19, 2022. While contractors were working near refrigeration machinery, anhydrous ammonia was accidentally released, resulting in one contractor being killed and another badly injured. EPA inspected the facilities and reviewed the company’s risk management program, finding that the company had not met several of the CAA’s accident prevention requirements.