1/6/11 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $11,500, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON APR 27, 2010, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE ABOVE THE REPORTING QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.