7/14/09 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,240 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION AND A PENALTY OF $10,479 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATION - DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ON JAN 16, 2008, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE 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 ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAT ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA SEC 304(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.