7/2/10 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $33,750 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION AND $23,900 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATIONS.
ON MAY 13, 2009, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF AMMONIA ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN IT RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA SECTION 304(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUONT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.