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Administrative - Formal · FY2009 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 1800010178

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Case

Case Number
04-2009-2032
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

7/28/02 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,310 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION AND $1,310 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATION, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ON SEPT 8, 2008, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF ACETALDEHYDE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ACETALDEHYDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE TQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA 304(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEP AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ACETALDEHYDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

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