11/22/10 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,800, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
EPA ALLEGES THAT ON MAY 21, 2010, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF TRIMETHYLAMINE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA BY FAILING OT IMMEDIATELY NOIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF TRIMETHYLAMINE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.