8/10/2010 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $11,800; CERCLA VIOLATION - $5,200 AND EPCRA VIOLATION - $6,600. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON DECEMBER 16, 2008, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF METHYL CHLORIDE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. RESPONDENT FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF METHYL CHLORIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN IT'S RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 109 OF CERCLA.
ON DECEMBER 16, 2008, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF METHYL CHLORIDE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. RESPONDENT FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF METHYL CHLORIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN IT'S RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA.