1/15/14 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,785, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON MAY 6, 2013, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA AND THE APPLICABLE CERCLA REGS, 40 CFR 302.6, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF HTE RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.