8/14/2024 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,300. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS UPON RECEIPT OF THE EXECUTED ESA.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON A COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTION CONDUCTED ON APRIL 20, 2023, AT THE RESPONDENT?S FACILITY LOCATED AT 501 PADEN ROAD, GADSDEN, ALABAMA 35903, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE ACT?S SECTION 112(R)(7), CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROVISIONS, 42
U.S.C. ? 7412(R)(7), WHEN AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, RESPONDENT DID NOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT:
1. IT DOCUMENTED THAT THE EQUIPMENT COMPLIES WITH RECOGNIZED AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOOD ENGINEERING PRACTICES, AS REQUIRED BY 40 C.F.R. ? 68.65(D)(2) BECAUSE THE AUDIBLE AND VISUAL ALARMS AT THE ENTRANCES OF THE MACHINERY ROOM WERE NOT CLEARLY MARKED WITH SIGNAGE STATING OR ILLUSTRATING THE MEANING OF EACH ALARM.
2. IT MET THE CONDITIONS EXEMPTING IT FROM COMPLYING WITH 40 C.F.R. ? 68.95 WHEN, AS A NON-RESPONDING STATIONARY SOURCE, IT FAILED TO PROVIDE ANY DOCUMENTATION ILLUSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. ? 68.90(B)(1-5).