3/28/17 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $200,718. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
RESPONDENT'S FACILITY OTHERWISE USED NITRIC ACID IN EXCESS OF THE 10,000 POUND THRESHOLD AND MANUFACTURED NITRATE COMPOOUNDS IN EXCESS OF THE 2,500 POUND THRESHOLD QUANTITES FOR CHEMICALS ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 313(f) OF EPCRA, DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2014, 2013, AND 2012.
RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 313 OF EPCRA AT ITS FACILITY BY FAILING TO SUBMIT TO EPA AND THE STATE OF GEORGIA THE REQUIRED FROM R FOR NITRIC ACID FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2014, 2013, AND 2012, AND FOR NITRATE COMPOUNDS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2014,