12/15/15 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $48,750 (CERCLA VIOLATION - $$24,375 AND EPCRA VIOLATION $24,375). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
CERCLA 103(a) VIOLATION:
ON JUNE 10 2014, A RELEASE OF NITROGEN OXIDE ABOVE THE RQ OCCURRED AT THE FACILITY.
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 OXIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
VIOLATION OF EPCRA SECTION 304(a)
ON JUNE 10, 2014, A RELEASE OF NITROGEN OXIDE ABOVE THE RQ OCCURRED AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RELEASE RESULTED IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO PERSONS BEYOND THE SITE OR SITES ON WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF 304(a) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF NITROGEN OXIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.