1/25/18 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $6322 (CERCLA PENALTY $3161 AND EPCRA $3161). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
VIOLATION OF CERCLA SECTION 103(a)
ON JANUARY 17, 2016, THERE WAS A RELEASE OF P-DICHLOROBENZENE ABOVE THE RQ INTO THE ENVIRONMENT FROM RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a), BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF P-DICHLOROBENZENE IN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 304(a) EPCRA
ON JANUARY 17, 2016, THERE WAS A RELEASE OF P-DICHLOROBENZENE ABOVE THE RQ INTO THE ENVIRONMENT FROM RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. THE EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RELEASES 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 IMMEIDATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF P-DICHLOROBENZENE IN AN AMONT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.