10/7/14 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $6,642 FOR THE CERCLA PENALTY AND $13,283 FOR THE EPCRA PENALTY.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON SEPT 7, 2013, RESPONDENT'S FACILITY HAD A RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RELEASE RESULTED IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO PERSONS BEYOND THE SITE ON WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED. RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA SECTION 304(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.