12/15/15 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY $26,564 (CERCLA VIOLATION $8,855 AND EPCRA VIOLATION $17,709). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
VIOLATION OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA
ON MARCH 14, 2014, A RELEASE OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID 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 HYDROCHLORIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA
ON MARCH 14, 2014, A RELEASE OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID 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 SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF TH RELEASE OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
VIOLATION OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA
ON MARCH 14, 2014, A RELEASE OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID 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 LCOATED.
RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS