7/20/10 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,890.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON A COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTION CONDUCTED AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY, EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE CAA'S CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM WHEN RESPONDENT DID NOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT:
IT HAS ANNUALLY CERTIFIED THAT ITS OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE CURRENT AND ACCURATE AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 68.69(c);
AS PART OF ITS TRAINING RECORDS, IT HAS DOCUMENTED THE MEANS BY WHICH IT USED TO VERIFY THAT ITS EMPLOYEES UNDERSTOOD SUCH TRAINING AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 68.71(c); AND
IT HAS CONDUCTED COMPLIANCE EVALUATIONS, AT LEAST EVERY 3 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 68.79(a).