6/7/06 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF$ 1,016 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION AND A PENALTY OF $508 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATION, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
VIOLATIONS:
ON MAY 18, 2005, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF ALUMINUM SULFATE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOONAS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ALUMINUM SULFATE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ALUMINUM SULFATE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.