Region 10 reached settlement with Columbia River Processing, Inc. (Columbia) for violating the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Columbia produces cheddar and related stirred-curd cheeses at a single 85,000 sq. ft. facility that has been operating since autumn of 2001. Columbia failed to immediately notify the National Response Center, the State Emergency Response Commission, and Local Emergency Planning Committee of the release of approximately 2,442 pounds of anhydrous ammonia on June 30, 2008. Failure to immediately notify the aforementioned agencies is in violation of Section 103 of CERCLA and Sections 304(a) and (b) of EPCRA. Columbia agreed to pay a penalty $42,435.