ON MARCH 31, 2010, EPA REGION III ENTERED INTO A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER (CAF/FO) WITH NANOCHEMONICS HOLDINGS, LLC ( NANOCHMONICS ), SEEKING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA. THE CA/FO RESOLVES CLAIMS ARISING FROM NANOCHEMONICS' FAILURE TO SUBMIT TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORRY FORMS R TO EPA AND THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, REPORTING COBALT AND ZINC COMPOUNT RELEASES FROM ITS FACILITY DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2007, IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA.