3/27/13 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED. IN AN APRIL 5, 2012 EDISCLOSURE TO EPA, JASPER LUMBER COMPANY, INC., DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA. JASPER LUMBER COMPANY, INC. DID NOT SUBMIT A MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET FOR HYDRAULIC OIL, AS REUQIRED BY EPCRA 311 AND DID NOT SUBMIT CHEMICAL INVENTORY FORMS FOR HYDRAULIC OIL FOR REPORTING YEARS 2007, 2008, 2009 AND 2010, AS REQUIRED BY EPCRA 312.
PURSUANT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS POLICY AND BASED ON INFO PROVIDED BY THE FACILITY, EPA MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINAL DETERMINATION FOR THE FEDERALLY ENFORBEABLE VIOLATIONS AS IDENTIFIED ABOVE: THE FACILITY DID VIOLATE THE REQUIREMENTS CITED ABOVE; HOWEVER, THE SELF-DISCLOSURE MET THE CONDITIONS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS POLICY FOR 100 PERCENT ELIMINATION OF THE GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. THUS, EPA WILL NOT SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. IN ADDITION, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DISCLOSURE, EPA WILL NOT SEEK THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT PORTION OF THE PENALTY.