7/7/09 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,309 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATIONS, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ON DEC 15, 2008, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA SEC 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.