3/26/2013 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALT OF $69,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 15, 2011, RESPONDENT IMPORTED 1,134 KILOGRAMS (KG) OF HCFC-141b INTO THE PORT OF MIAMI, FLORIDA AND DID NOT HOLD UNEXPENDED HCFC-141b EXEMPTION ALLOWANCES FOR THIS QUANTITY AT THAT TIME.
RESPONDENT VIOLATED 40 C.F.R. SECTION 82.16(b) WHEN IT IMPORTED 1,134 KILOGRAMS (kg) OF HCFC-141b INTO THE PORT OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 15, 2011.
IN 2010, RESPONDENT EXPORTED 1,361 kg OF HCFC-141b TO COSTA RICA.
RESPONDENT DID NOT SUBMIT INFORMATION TO THE EPA ABOUT THE 2010 EXPORT OF 1,361 kg OF HCFC-141B TO COSTA RICA WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE END OF THE QUARTER IN WHICH THE EXPORT LEFT THE UNITED STATES.
RESPONDENT VIOLATED 40 C.F.R. SECTION 82.24(d) WHEN IT DID NOT TIMELY SUBMIT REQUIRED INFORMATION TO THE EPA ABOUT THE EXPORT OF 1,361 kg OF HCFC-141b TO COSTA RICA IN 2010.