On December 14, 2014, EPA sent a Request for Information pursuant to Section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act and set forth at 40 C.F.R. Part 68 to Apex Material Technologies, LLC to determine its compliance with the Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations. EPA found that the Respondent had violated the regulations implementing Section 112 (r) of the Act by failing to comply with 40C.F.R. Part 68.190(b)(1), the requirement to resubmit its RMP at least every five years. The civil penalty agreed to was $2,000.