6/30/2015 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $61,455. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
BASED ON THE CHEMICAL PRODUCTION RECORDS PROVIDED TOTHE EPA, NITRIC ACID, NITRIC ACID AMMONIUM SALT; AND NITRIC ACID MAGNESIUM SALT WERE SUBJECT THE 2012 CHEMICAL DATA REPORTING (CDR).
AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, RESPONDENT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE EPA INSPECTORS ANY RECORDS SHOWING THAT RESPONDENT SUBMITTED A 2012 CDR REPORT TO THE EPA FOR ALL THREE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES.
PURSUANT TO 40 CFR SECTION 711.15, RESPONDENT WAS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A 2012 CDR REPORT FOR EACH REPORTABLE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE THAT WAS MANUFACTURED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE IN QUANTITIES GREATER THAN 100,000 POUNDS IN 2011.
BY NOT SUBMITTING A 2012 CDR REPORT TO THE EPA DURING THE SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR EACH REPORTABLE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE, RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH 40 CFR SECTION 711.15.