5/22/2014 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $24,515 (CERCLA VIOLATION - $17,257, EPCRA VIOLATION $17,258).
ORDER ALLEGES:
VIOLATION OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA
ON MAY 27, 2012, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF 1,3 BUTADIENE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OFTHE RELEASE OF 1,3 BUDADIENCE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA
ON MAY 27, 2012, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF 1,3 BUTADIENE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RELEASE RESULTED IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO PERSONS BEYOND THE SITE OR SITES ON WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF 1,3 BUTADIENE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE TQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.