2/5/2018 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $15,000 (CERCLA VIOLATION - $7500 AND EPCRA VIOLATION $7500). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
VIOLATION OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA
ON DECEMBER 18, 2015, THERE WAS A RELEASE OF AMMONIA ABOVE THE RQ INTO THE ENVIRONMENT FROM RESPONDENT'S 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 THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
VIOLATION OF SECTION 304(a) EPCRA
ON DECEMBER 18, 2015, THERE WAS A RELEASE OF AMMONIA 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 RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a), BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.