4/21/2015 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $12,251 (CERCLA VIOLATION - $6,126 AND EPCRA VIOLATION - $6,125). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ORDER ALLEGES:
VIOLATION OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA
ON MARCH 11, 2013, RESPONDENT'S FACILITY RELEASED NITROGEN DIOXIDE ABOVE THE RQ INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
RESPONDENT WAS IN CHARGE OF THE FACILITY ON MARCH 11, 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 RELEASE OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
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 THE RELEASE OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.