6/7/2012 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,753. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
VIOLATION OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA
ON APRIL 22, 2011, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA
ON APRIL 22, 2011, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.