5/11/09 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $10,477 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION AND $20,955 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATION -- DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ON JUNE 14, 2008, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. ON JUNE 15, 2008, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. ON JUNE 15, 2008, RESPONDNET HAD A RELEASE OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE (LEPC) WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.