7/5/07 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $2,060, DUE WITHIN 15 DAYS. ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON A COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTION CONDUCTED AT RESPONDENT'S WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON 12/2/05, EPA ALLEGEST THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE ACT'S CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM WHEN RESPONDENT DID NOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT IT HAD:
CONDUCTED AND DOCUMENTED THE INITIAL PROCESS HAZARDS ANALYSIS IN ORDER TO EVALUATE AND CONTROL HAZARDS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 68.67(a);
DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED WRITTEN OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS OR STEPS FOR CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROCESS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 68.69(a);
CERTIFIED THE OPERATING PROCEDURES (I.E., THAT THE PROCEDURES ARE CURRENT AND ACCURATE) ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 68.69(c);
ESTABLISHED AND IMPLEMENTED WRITTEN PROCEDURES TO MANAGE PROCESS CHANGES AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 68.75(a);
AT LEAST EVERY 3 YRS, EVALUATED ITS COMPLIANCE WITH THE PREVENTION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND CERTIFIED THAT ITS PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES ARE ADEQUATE AND ARE BEING FOLLOWED AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 68.79(a); AND
REVIEWED, UPDATED AND SUBMITTED ITS RISK MGMT PLANT ON OR BEFORE ITS APPLICABLE DUE DATE OF JUNE 21, 2004, AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 68.190(b).