6/4/2013 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,600. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON A COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTION CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 21, 2012, EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE ACT'S CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHEN AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, RESPONDENT DID NOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT:
ITS PROCESS SAFETY INFORMATION CONTAINED ELECTRICAL CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE EQUIPMENT IN THE PROCESS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.65(d)(1)(iii);
IT DOCUMENTED THAT EQUIPMENT COMPLIES WITH RECOGNIZED AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOOD ENGINEERING PRACTICES AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.65(d)(2);
IT CERTIFIED ANNUALLY THAT OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE CURRENT AND ACCURATE AND THAT PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.69(c); AND;
IT CERTIFIED THAT IT EVALUATED COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE PREVENTION PROGRAM AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.79(a).