7/24/2012 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED.
IN AN AUGUST 18, 2010, SELF DISCLOSURE TO THE EPA, TMT DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF EPCRA SECTION 313. SPECIFICALLY, TMT DISCLOSED THAT IT HAD FAILED TO FILE FORM R REPORTS FOR REPORTING YEARS 2007 AND 2008, FOR CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS, COBALT COMPOUNDS, COPPER COMPOUNDS, HYDROGEN FLUORIDE, MANGANESE COMPOUNDS, NICKEL COMPOUNDS, NITRATE COMPOUNDS, AND NITRATE ACID. THESE SUBSTANCES WERE PRESENT AT THE MCBEE, SOUTH CAROLINA FACILITY IN AMOUNTS GREATER THAN THEIR RESPECTIVE THREHOLD PLANNING QUANTITIES (TPQ) OF 10,000 OR 25,000 POUNDS PER YEAR. THE SELF DISCLOSURE ALSO CONTAINED INFORMATION CONCERNING CORRECTIVE ACTIIONS TAKEN BY TMT TO COME BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.