2/26/07 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,486, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGRESS TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ON MAY 2, 2006, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF 1,3 BUTADIENE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ). EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOFIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF 1,3 BUTADIENE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.