2/20/2014 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,425 (CERCLA VIOLATION - $2,312 AND EPCRA VIOLATION $2,212. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON APRIL 10, 2013, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF AMMONIA ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY.
CERCLA VIOLATION
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIRMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT FACILITY.
EPCRA VIOLATION
RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO THE LEPC WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GRATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.