8/26/05 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $15,844 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION AND A PENALTY OF $15,844 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATION.
ON JANUARY 19, 2005, A RELEASE OF CARBONYL SULFIDE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) OCCURRED AT THE FACILITY.
EPA ALLEGES THAT 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 THE RELEASE OF CARBONYL SULFIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND THE LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF CARBONYL SULFIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY