9/5/08 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $9,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: ON AUGUST 21, 2007, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED 933 GALLONS OF AN OIL MIXTURE, INCLUDING 54.8 PERCENT COCO HYDROGENATED FATTY ACID, FROM ITS FACILITY INTO OR UPON DUTCHMAN'S CREEK AND THE CATAWBA RIVER. THE RELEASE WAS CAUSED WHEN OPERATOR ERROR CAUSED THE DISCHARGE BY THE OVER-PRESSURIZATION OF A CHEMICAL REACTOR THAT ALLOWED THE COCO HYDROGENATED FATTY ACID TO BE RELEASED THROUGH THE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE ON TOP OF THE REACTOR, IN THE AIR, AND THEN ONTO THE SURFACE OF DUTCHMAN'S CREEK AND THE CATAWBA RIVER.