11/17/15 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $97,793 WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON MAY 24, 2014, A RELEASE OF PERCHLOROETHYLENE, TOLUENE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, ACETONE, TRICHLOROETHYLENE, METHANOL, AND SODIUM NITRITE ABOVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RQ'S OCCURRED AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) AND THE APPLICABLE CERCLA REGS, 40 CFR 302.6, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF PERCHLOROETHYLENE, TOLENE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, ACETONE, TRICHLOROETHYLENE, METHANOL, AND SODIUM NITRITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THEIR RESPECTIVE RQ'S AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA AND THE APPLICABLE EPCRA REGS OF 40 CFR 355, SUBPART C, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF PERCHLOROETHYLENE, TOLUENE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, ACETONE, TRICHLOROETHYLENE, METHANOL, AND SODIUM NITRITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THEIR RESPECTIVE RQ's AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.