12/21/11 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $11,505, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON JAN 26, 2011, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ).
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) AND TEH APPLICABLE CERCLA REGS (40 CFR 302.6) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN AM AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ.