5/4/2010 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,950. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE ACT'S CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM WHEN RESPONDENT DID NOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT:
ITS OPERATING PROCEDURES ADDRESS PROPERTIES OF, AND HAZARDS PRESENTD BY THE CHEMICALS USED IN THE PROCESS; AND THE CONTROL MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IF PHYSICAL CONTACT OR AIRBORNE EXPOSURE OCCURS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.60(a)(e)(i) & (iii);
IT ANNUALLY CERTIFIED THAT ITS OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE CURRENT AND ACCURATE, TO ASSURE THAT THE PROCEDURES REFLECT CURRENT OPERATING PROCEDRUES AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.69(c); AND
IT HAS CONDUCTED COMPLIANCE EVALUATIONS, AT LEAST EVERY THREE YEARS, AND BASED ON SUCH EVALUATIONS, CERTIFIED THAT ITS ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES ARE ADEQUATE AND ARE BEING FOLLOWED AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.70(a).