6/8/17 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $23,010 (CERCLA VIOLATION $11,505 AND EPCRA VIOLATION $11,505). RESPONDENT SHALL PAY PENALTY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
CERCLA 103(a) VIOLATION:
ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2014, A RELEASE OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE ABOVE THE RQ OCCURRED AT THE FACILITY.
THE EPA ALLEBES 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 HYDROGEN CYANIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ FROM THE FACILITY.
EPCRA 304(a) VIOLATION:
THE 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 THE RELEASE OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.