3/1/18 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $20,907. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
AT SOME TIME DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2015, CHLOROFORM WAS PRESENT AT THE FACILITY IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 500 POUNDS, AND DURING CALENDAR YEARS 2013, 2014, AND 2015, OTHER HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS WERE PRESENT IN AMOUNTS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 10,000 POUNDS.
RESPONDENT FAILED TO TO SUBMIT A COMPLETED EMERGENCY AND HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL INVENTORY FORM FOR CHLOROFORM TO THE SERC, THE LEPC, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE FACILITY FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2015 AND FOR THE OTHER HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2013, 2014, AND 2015 BY MARCH 1 OF THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 312 OF EPCRA, AT ITS FACILITY FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2013, 2014, AND 2015.