9/30/05 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED.
IN A DISCLOSURE LETTER TO EPA DATED OCTOBER 29, 2002, AIT ADMITTED THE FOLLOWING:
1. AIT VIOLATED SECTINO 301 AND 402(p) OF THE CWA AT ITS TUCKER, GA, FACILITY BY FAILING TO DEVELOP A STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP).
2. AIT PROCESSES APPROX 700 POUNDS OF LEAD COMPOUNDS PER YEAR IN THE FORM OF SOLDER BARS AND LEAD FLUOBORATE AND IN AIT'S SELF-DISCLOSURE LETTER, THEY STATED THAT THEY FAILED TO HAVE A PERMIT WHICH WAS A POTENTIAL VIOLATION OF THE GA RULE 391-3-1-.03, AND MAY HAVE VIOLATED SECTION 110 OF THE CAA FOR FAILURE TO SECURE A PERMIT. ON JANUARY 16, 2003, THE COMPANY SUBMITTED TO THE GA DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AN APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MODIFY, OR OPERATE PROCESS EQUIPMENT, FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT AND/OR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES. THE GADNR SENT A LETTER DATED MARCH 3, 2003, TO AIT STATING THAT AIT HAD MET THE SIP PERMITTING EXEMPTION REQUIREMENT, BECAUSE ALL OF AIT'S EMISSION SOURCES WERE EXEMPT. BECAUSE A PERMIT WAS NOT REQUIRED, THE FAILURE TO APPLY FOR OR OBTAIN ONE WAS NOT A VIOLATION.
3. AIT DID VIOLATE SECTINO 312 OF EPCRA BY FAILING TO TIMELY SUBMIT TIER II REPORTS FOR SULFURIC ACID TO THE STATE OF GA EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION (SERC), THE LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE (LEPC), AND THE FIRE DEPT WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE FACILITY FOR CALENDAR YEARS 1999 THROUGH 2001, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 312 OF EPCRA. AIT ALSO FAILED TO TIMELY SUBMIT A TRI REPORT FOR LEAD TO TH