11/16/17 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF ($43,292 CERCLA VIOLATION - $21,646 AND EPCRA VIOLATION - $21,646). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ORDER ALLEGES:
VIOLATION OF 103(a) CERCLA
ON NOVEMBER 17, 2015, A RELEASE OF FORMALDEHYDE AND PHENOL AVOE THIER RESPECTIVE RQ OCCURRED AT THE FACILITY.
THE EPA ALLEGES 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 RELEASE OF FORMALDEHYDE AND PHENOL IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THEIR RESPECTIVE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
VIOLATION OF SECTION 304(a) EPCRA
ON NOVEMBER 17, 2015, A RELEASE OF FORMALDEHYDE AND PHENOL ABOVE THIER RESPECTIVE RQ OCCURRED AT THE FACILITY. THE EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RELEASE RESULTED IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO PERSONS BEYOND THE SITE OR SITES 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 AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF FORMALDEHYDE AND PHENOL IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THEIR RESPECTIVE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.