09/30/2010 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED. BY WAY OF A JUNE 4, 2008, LETTER RINGLING NOTIFIED EPA OF VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA, OPA, RCRA, AND TSCA. THE MAJORITY OF VIOLATIONS WERE CORRECTED BY AUGUST 3, 2008, AND THE REMAINING VIOLATIONS WERE CORRECTED BY OCT 16, 2008, PURSUANT TO TWO SUCCESSIVE EXTENSIVE.
PURSUANT TO THE AUDIT POLICY AND BASED ON INFO PROVIDE BY RINGLING, EPA MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINAL DETERMINATION FOR THE FEDERALLY ENFORCEABLE VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED ABOVE: THE COLLEGE MEETS THE CONDITIONS OF THE AUDIT POLICY FOR 100 PERCENT ELIMINATION OF GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. EPA WILL NOT SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. IN ADDITION, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DISCLOSURE, EPA WILL NOT SEEK THE ECONOMIC PORTION OF THE PENALTY.