2/16/2011 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $28,000 (CERCLA VIOLATION - $5,800 AND EPCRA VIOLATIONS - $23,000). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON JUNE 9, 2010, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF AMMONIA ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. RESPONDENT FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 109 OF CERCLA.
RESPONDENT FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY NOTFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA.
RESPONDENT FAILED TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO THE SERC AND LEPC WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATEHR THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. IN VIOLATION OF 304(c) OF EPCRA.