5/22/13 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,785 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON SEPT 29, 2012, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF CHROMIC ACID ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) AND THE APPLICABLE CERCLA REGS, 40 CFR 302.6, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF CHROMIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.