8/4/2011 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A $1500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON A COMPLIANCE MONITORING INSPECTION CONDUCTED AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY, ON AUGUST 3, 2010, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE ACT'S CHEMICAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM WHEN AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, RESPONDENT DID NOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT:
IT HAS DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED SAFE WORK PRACTICES TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTROL OF HAZARDS DURING SPECIFIC OPERATIONS, SUCH AS LOCKOUT/TAGOUT PROCEDURES AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.69(d); AND
IT HAS MAINTAINED TRAINING RECORDS, FOR EACH EMPLOYEE INVOLVED IN OPERATING ITS PROCESS, THAT DOCUMENT THE MEANS BY WHICH THE RESPONDENT USED TO VERIFY THAT ITS EMPLOYEES UNDERSTOOD SUCH TRAINING AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.71(c).