9/26/2023 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $333,354. PENALTY TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON OCTOBER 14, 2020, AN AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE EPA REGION 4 CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT?S FACILITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 11(A) OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2610(A). BASED ON THE EPA?S INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS AS SET FORTH, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT FAILED TO:
A. SUBMIT A PMN AT LEAST 90 DAYS BEFORE MANUFACTURING CHEMICAL A, A NEW CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ?? 720.22, 720.40(B), AND 720.120(B), AND SECTIONS 5(A)(1) AND 15 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ?? 2604 AND 2614; AND
B. SUBMIT A TSCA SECTION 12(B) EXPORT NOTICE TO THE EPA FOR CHEMICAL C ON ONE OCCASION (EXPORTED TO ONE COUNTRY) ON THE DATE OF EXPORT, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ?? 707.60(A), 707.65(A)(2)(II), AND 707.65(A)(3), AND SECTIONS 12(B) AND 15 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ?? 2611(B) AND 2614.