11/10/11 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $53,100, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON DEC 27, 2010, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEGE OF THE RELEASE OF ACETIC ACID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ.