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Administrative - Formal · FY2014 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3400295028

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Case

Case Number
04-2014-2045
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

9/30/14 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,438 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION AND $1,438 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATION. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP. ALLEGATIONS: ON JAN 7, 2014, RESPONDENT'S FACILITY HAD A RELEASE OF AMMONIA ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 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'S FACILITY. RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA 304(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.

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