3/1/18 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1800. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON A COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTION CONDUCTED AT THE RESPONDENT FACILITY ON APRIL 4, 2017, EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE ACT'S CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHEN AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, RESPONDENT DID NOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT:
IT USED THE MOST RECENT CENSUS DATE, OR OTHER UPDATED INFORMATION, TO ESTIMATE THE POPULATION POTENTIALLY AFFECTED AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.30(c);
IT MAINTAINED, FOR WORST-CASE SCENARIOS, A DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL OR PIPELINE AND SUBSTANCE SELECTED AS WORST CASE, ASSUMPTIONS AND PARAMETERS USED, AND THE RATIONALE FOR THE SELECTION AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.39(a); AND
IT MAINTAINED, FOR ALTERNATIVE RELEASE SCENARIOS, A DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENARIOS IDENTIFIED, ASSUMPTIONS AND PARAMETERS USED, AND THE RATIONALE FOR THE SELECTION OF SPECIFIC SCENARIOS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.39(b).