9/8/04 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY $3,352.
ON JANUARY 11, 2003, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIA IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROX 3,000 POUNDS, A QUANTITY GREATER THAN THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ). RESPONDENT SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED THE NRC OF SAID RELEASE IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT HAD KNOWLEDGE THAT AN RQ OF A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE WAS RELEASED. RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF RELEASE OF ANHYDROUS AMMONIS IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY