1/12/16 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,980. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS
ON MAY 21, 2014, EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE ACT'S CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS, WHEN AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, RESPONDENT DID NOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT:
IT CERTIFIED THAT IT EVALUATED COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE PREVENTION PROGRAM AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS TO VERIFY THAT THE DEVELOPED PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES ARE ADEQUATE AND BEING FOLLOWED AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.79(a);
IT INFORMED CONTRACT OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE KNOWN POTENTIAL FIRE, EXPLOSION, OR TOXIC RELEASE HAZARDS RELATED TO THE CONTRACTOR'S WORK AND THE PROCESS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.67(b)(2);
IT EXPLAINTED TO THE CONTRACT OWNER OR OPERATOR THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OR THE EMERGENCY ACTION PROGRAM AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.87(b)(3);
IT PERIODICALLY EVALUATED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACT OWNER OR OPERATOR IN FULFILLING THEIR OBLIGATIONS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.67(b)(5).