ON JUNE 30, 2005, EPA REGION III ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT TO NESTLE PURINA PETCARE COMPANY ( NESTLE' PURINA ) SEEKING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $24,376.00 FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 103 OF CERCLA AND SECTION 304(b) OF EPCRA IN CONNECTION WITH AN AMMONIA RELEASE AT ITS FACILITY IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. NESTLE PURINA FAILED TO NOTIFY THE NRC AND THE SERC IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE RELEASE 2,000 POUNDS OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA FROM ITS FACILITY IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA ON MAY 11, 2004. NESTLE PURINA'S FAILURE TO REPORT THE MAY 11, 2004 RELEASE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NRC, AND THE SERC UNDERMINED THE REPORTING SYSTEMS UNDER CERCLA AND EPCRA, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO ENABLE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO RESPOND TO CHEMICAL RELEASES FROM FACILITIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.