12/20/16 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,323. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON APRIL 12, 2015, THERE WAS A RELEASE OF SULFUR DIOXIDE ABOVE THE RQ INTO THE ENVIRONMENT FROM RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. THE EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RELEASE RESULTED IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO PERSONS BEYOND THE SITE ON WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED.
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC OF THE RELEASE OF SULFUR DIOXIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.