3/13/2013 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED.
IN A FEBRUARY 29, 2012, E-DISCLOSURE, PCAA SELF-DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF THE TIER II REPORTING REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 312 OF THE EMERGENCY PLANNING AN COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA).
ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2012, TH EPA NOTIFIED PCAA THAT IT SHOULD SUBMIT REPORTS FOR RYs 2007-2010, AND THE ENTITY SUBMITTED TIER II REPORTS ON THE SAME DAY.
PURSUANT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS POLICY, AND BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY PCAA, THE EPA MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINAL DETERMINATION FOR THE FEDERALLY-ENFORCEABLE VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED ABOVE FOR RYs 2007 THROUGH 2010: PCAA VIOLATED THE STATE CITED HEREIN, HOWEVER, PCAA'S SELF-DISCLOSURE MET THE CONDITIONS OF THE EPA SMALL BUSINESS POLICY FOR 100 PERCENT ELIMINATION OF GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. THUS, THE EPA WILL NOT SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. IN ADDITION, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DISCLOSURE, THE EPA WIL NOT SEEK ANY ECONOMIC BENEFIT PENALTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIOLATIONS.