8/30/11 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $15,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON JULY 26, 2010, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF ACRYLONITRILE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) FROM IT'S VESSEL. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS REPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF ACRYLONITRILE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ FROM RESPONDENT'S VESSEL.
RESPONDENT CERTIFIES THAT AS OF THE DATE OF THE EXECUTION OF THIS ORDER, IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL RELEVANT REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA AND EPCRA.