2/2/2011 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $17,300, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON APR 15, 2010, RESPONDENT HAD A RELESE OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA SEC 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.