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BLAIRSVILLE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY

Administrative - Formal · FY2005 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 148228

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Case

Case Number
03-2005-0170
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
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Summary

THE REGIONAL JUDICIAL OFFICER SIGNED A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ( SUPER CAFO ), WHICH RESOLVED ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 103 OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9603, AND SECTION 304 OF EPCRA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 11004 AT THE BLAIRSVILLE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY ( BMA ) WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ( FACILITY ), LOCATED AT 529 INDUSTRIAL PARK ROAD, IN BLAIRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. THE VIOLATIONS WERE ASSERTED AS A RESULT OF TWO SEPARATE RELEASES OF CHLORINE AT THE FACILITY ON OCTOBER 1, AND 2, 2002. BMA FAILED TO NOTIFY THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER ( NRC ) FOLLOWING THE OCTOBER 1 RELEASE AND FAILE TO NOTIFY BOTH THE NRC AND THESTATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION ( SERC ) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE OCTOBER 3 RELEASE. ADDITIONALLY, BMA DID NOT PROVIDE TIMELY FOLLOW-UP REPORTS REGARDING THE RELEASES TO THE SERC AND THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE. TO SETTLE THIS MATTER, BMA AGREED TO PAY A PENALTY OF $23,800.00 AND

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