12/18/09 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED. IN A MAY 12, 2009, LETTER TO EPA, CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISCLOSED ONE VIOLATION, IDENTIFIED IN CAA SECTION 608(c). SECTION 608(c) MAKES IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, IN THE COURSE OF MAINTAINING, SERVICING, REPAIRING, OR DISPOSING OF AN APPLIANCE OR INDUSTRIAL PROCESS REFRIGERATION, TO KNOWINGLY VENT OR OTHERWISE KNOWINGLY RELEASE OF DISPOSE OF ANY CLASS I OR CLASS II SUBSTANCE USED AS A REFRIGERANT IN SUCH APPLIANCE (OR INDUSTRIAL PROCESS REFRIGERATION) IN A MANNER WHICH PERMITS SUCH SUBSTANCE TO ENTER THE ENVIRONMENT.
PURSUANT TO THE AUDIT POLICY AND BASED ON INFO PROVIDED BY CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, EPA MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINAL DETERMINATION FOR THE FEDERALLY ENFORCEABLE VIOLATION: THE COLLEGE MEETS THE CONDITIONS OF THE AUDIT POLICY FOR 100 PERCENT ELIMINATION OF GRAVITY-BASED PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION. EPA WILL NOT SEEK A GRAVITY-BASED PENALTY FOR THIS VIOLATION. IN ADDITION, ANY ECONOMIC BENEFIT GAINED BY THE COLLECE AS A RESULT OF THIS VIOLATION WAS INSIGNIFICANT.