6/9/11 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $11,490 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION AND $2,875 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATIONS. PENALTY IS DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON NOV 2, 2010, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF AMMONIA ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES 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 ITS RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA 304(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.