5/11/06 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED. RESPONDENT AGREES TO PAY A PENALTY OF $1,321 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATIONS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO PAY A PENALTY OF $1,321 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION.
RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ON DECEMBER 15, 2004, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ).
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIO 103(a) OF CERCLA BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESOPNDENT'S FACILITY.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIO 304(a) OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWELDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.