5/14/2009 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,310 FOR CERCLA VIOLATION AND $1,310 FOR EPCRA VIOLATION. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ORDER ALLEGES:
ON AUGUST 26, 2008, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SULFURIC ACID ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIIOLATED THE NTOIFCATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SULFURIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. RESPONDENT VIOLATED NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF SULFURIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.