3/19/2015 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4498 (CERCLA - $2249 AND EPCRA - $2249). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ORDER ALLEGES:
VIOLATION OF CERCLA 103(a)
ON NOVEMBER 19, 2012 AND JUNE 20, 2013, RESPONDENT'S FACILITY RELEASED DICHLOROMETHANE ABOVE THE RQ INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
RESPONDENT WAS IN CHARGE OF THE FACILITY ON NOVEMBER 19, 2012 AND JUNE 20, 2013.
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 RELEASES OF DICHLOROMETHANE IN AMOUNTS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RESPONDENT'S FACILITY ON NOVEMBER 19, 2012 AND JUNE 20, 2013.
VIOLATION OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA
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 DICHLOROMETANE RELEASES ON NOVEMBER 19, 2012 AND JUNE 20, 2013 IN AMOUNTS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.