3/8/2018 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $51,101. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
BASED ON THE EPA'S COMPLIANCE MONITORING INVESTIGATION, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE CODIFIED RULES GOVERNING THE ACT'S CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS, BECAUSE RESPONDENT DID NOT ADEQUATELY IMPLEMENT PROVISIONS OF 40 CFR PART 68 WHEN IT:
FAILED TO IMPLEMENT PROCEDURES TO MAINTAIN THE ON-GOING MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS EQUIPMENT, AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION SECTION 68.56(a); AND
FAILED TO INCLUDE IN THE RMP, THE MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF EACH REGULATED SUBSTANCE OR MIXTURE IN THE PROCESS TO TWO SIGNIFICANT DIGITS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.160(b)(7).