01/04/2012 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $74,880, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON JUNE 12, 2011 THROUGH JUNE 21, 2011, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) AND APPLICABLE CERCLA REGULATIONS, 40 CFR 302.6, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ.