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LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY

Administrative - Formal · FY1996 · — · Source Agrees · 36830

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1996-0547
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Source Agrees
Multimedia
Y
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 113 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ( CAA ), AS AMENDED, 42 SECTIONS 7413 AND 7418. 2. LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY DEPT. OF ENERGY LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 112 OF THE CAA BY USING A SHIELDING FACTOR WHICH REDUCES ITS CAP-88 EMIS- SION LEVEL BY 30% WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL FROM EPA, AND EXCEEDED THE EMISSIONS LIMITS FOR RADIONUCLIDES IN 1990. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 113 OF THE CAA, EPA IS- SUED A NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE AND NECESSITY FOR A CON- FERENCE NOTIFICATION TO THE RESPONDENT. THE NOTIFICATION REQUIRES THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND MET TWITH EPA TO DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE NOTIFICATION AND WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THE NOTIFICATION, SUBMIT A REMEDIAL PLAN TO EPA FOR REVIEW, COMMENT AND APPROVAL.

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