AFTER CONTRACT BY USEPA INSPECTORS AND A SUBSEQUENT INSPEC TION, THE RESPONDENT NOTIFIED USEPA THAT IT HAD NEGLECTED TO FILE A FORM R FOR PROPYLENE, A CHEMICAL LISTED UNDER 40 CFR S372.65. THIS LATE FILING OF A FORM R FOR A LISTED CHEMICAL AFTER CONTACT IS INITIATED BY THE AGENCY, IS CHARACTERIZED AS A NON-FILING FOR PURPOSES OF PENALTY CALCULATION PURSUANT TO USEPA'S EPCRA S313 ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE POLICY. THE TO- TAL AMOUNT OF THE PROPOSED PENALTY IS $17,000.