3/1/2011 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $37,267. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON MARCH 23, 2010, AN AUTHORIZED AGENT OF EPA REGION 4 CONDUCTED AN AUDIT AT RESPONDENT'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 11(a) OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. SECTION 2610(a).
RESPONDENT MANUFACTURED [CBI DELETED] POUNDS OF CHEMICAL A IN 2005.
RESPONDENT MANUFACTURED [CBI DELETED] POUNDS OF CHEMICAL B IN 2005.
CHEMICALS A AND B WERE SUBJECT TO THE 2006 INVENTORY UPDATE REPORTING (IUR) AS DESCRIBED IN 40 C.F.R. SECTION 710, SUBPART C.
RESPONDENT FAILED TO SUBMIT THE 2006 IUR REPORT TO EPA FOR CHEMICALS A AND B DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. SECTION 710.53.
PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. SECTION 710.1(c) AND SECTION 15(3) OF TSCA, IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO FAIL TO OR REFUSE TO SUBMIT INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER THE IUR REGULATIONS.