The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a Pascagoula chemical company to correct problems it says have resulted in “an imminent and substantial danger to human health and the environment.”

The Sun Herald in Gulfport/Biloxi reports EPA issued its order to Mississippi Phosphates, which manufactures sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid and phosphate-based fertilizer.

EPA and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality inspected the plant during the summer. EPA said hazardous materials were found in soil and water at the site.

The agency blamed the problems on numerous spills of solid and liquid hazardous wastes.