2/9/2022 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $95,400. PENALTY TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON THE EPA?S INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF THE RESPONDENT?S RECORDS AS NOTED ABOVE IN SECTION IV, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO:
(A) SUBMIT A CDR REPORT FOR ONE CHEMICAL, CHEMICAL A, BY JANUARY 29, 2021, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ?? 711.8 AND 711.15 AND SECTION 15 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2614;
(B) REPORT THE PRODUCTION VOLUME OF CHEMICAL C TO TWO SIGNIFICANT FIGURES OF ACCURACY, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 711.15(B)(3)(III) AND SECTION 15 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2614; AND
(C) SUBMIT NINE EXPORT NOTIFICATIONS FOR THREE CHEMICALS: CHEMICAL F (EXPORTED TO MEXICO), CHEMICAL G (EXPORTED TO MEXICO, CHINA, GERMANY, AND AUSTRALIA), AND CHEMICAL H (EXPORTED TO GERMANY, CHINA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND AUSTRALIA), WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF FORMING AN INTENT TO EXPORT OR ON THE DATE OF EXPORTATION, WHICHEVER WAS EARLIER, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 707.65(A)(3) AND SECTION 15 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2614.