8/6/19 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $7481 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION AND A PENALTY OF $7482 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATION. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON NOV 8, 2017, A RELEASE OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) OCCURRED AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) AND THE APPLICABLE CERCLA REGS, 40 CFR 302.6, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA 304(a) AND THE APPLICABLE REGS OF 40 CFR PART 355, SUBPART C, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC, AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ.