3/9/2011 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $51,800 (CERCLA VIOLATION - $17,300; EPCRA VIOLATION - $34,500).
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON JUNE 13, 2010, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF CHLORINE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY.
RESPONDENT FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF TH RELEASE OF CHLORINE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. IN VIOLATION OF CERCLA SECTION 103(a).
RESPONDENT FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF CHLORINE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. IN VIOLATION OF EPCRA SECTION 304(a).
RESPONDENT FAILED TO PROVIDE WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO THE SERC AND THE LEPC WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF CHLORINE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. IN VIOLATION OF EPCRA SECTION 304(c).