The Complainant proposes, subject to receipt and evaluation of further relevant information, that Respondent be assessed the following civil penalties for the violations alleged in the Complaint:
COUNT 1 - Failure to submit a Toxic Chemical
Release Inventory Reporting Form R for mercury
for reporting year 2000 in a timely manner. *$ 0
COUNT 2 - Failure to submit a Toxic Chemical
Release Inventory Reporting Form R for mercury
for reporting year 2001 in a timely manner. $17,573
TOTAL PROPOSED PENALTY: $17,573
*Penalties for mercury qualifying as a Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Chemical (PBT) for calendar 2000 are being mitigated to $0.00, as it was the first year that PBTs were required to be reported under the new threshold amounts.