2/28/12 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,446, DUE WIHTIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON JAN 23, 2011, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF FERROUS SULFATE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF FERROUS sulfate IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.