3/5/19 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $18,195. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON MARCH 13, 2018, THE EPA CONDUCTED AN ONSITE INSPECTION OF THE RMPROGRAM RELATED RECORDS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSESSING THE RESPONDENT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE RMPROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND THE IMPLEMENTED RECOGNIZED AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOOD ENGINEERING PRACTICES FOR ITS COVERED PROCESS AT ITS STATIONARY SOURCE.
BASED ON 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 DEMONSTRATE THAT PROCESS EQUIPMENT COMPLIES WITH RECOGNIZED AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOOD ENGINEERING PRACTICES AS REQUIRED BY 40 SECTION 68.65(d)(2).