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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR NJ0000003401307674

KEARNY STEEL CONTAINER CORP, Newark, NJ: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

KEARNY STEEL CONTAINER CORP, at 401 SOUTH STREET, Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, is an operating major source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “No Violation Identified”. Essex County is on EPA’s Green Book list of areas that do not meet a national air quality standard. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Facility as filedKEARNY STEEL CONTAINER CORP
ICIS-AIR IDNJ0000003401307674
EPA facility registry ID110000867508
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address401 SOUTH STREET, Newark, NJ 07105
CountyEssex County
In a nonattainment countyYes (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Merchant wholesalers, durable goods (NAICS 4238)
SIC code5085
EPA region02

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not yet include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs KEARNY STEEL CONTAINER CORP is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
September 28, 2023FCE On-SiteStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
July 9, 2021FCE On-SiteStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
December 17, 2018FCE On-SiteU.S. EPAFederally-Enforceable State Operating Permit - Non Title V
December 3, 2018PCE Off-SiteU.S. EPAState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
November 26, 2018PCE Off-SiteU.S. EPAState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
November 12, 2018PCE Off-SiteU.S. EPAState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
April 10, 2017PCE Off-SiteU.S. EPAOperating Permits

Violations

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
June 9, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 12, 2020Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 12, 2020Earliest FRV determinationStateState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits

Enforcement and penalties

2 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 1 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
October 16, 2020Administrative OrderState$10,000
October 18, 2017Administrative OrderState$0

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
August 27, 2026Notice of ViolationState
May 22, 2020Notice of ViolationState
October 30, 2019Notice of ViolationState

Stack tests

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 16, 2020PassState
September 18, 2019FailState

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-AIR download, loaded September 14, 2026.