7/18/1013 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $2,700. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS.
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 CERTIFIED ANNUALLY THAT THE OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE CURRENT AND ACCURATE AND THAT PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN REVIREWED AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.69(c);
ITS PREPARED RECORD CONTAINED THE DATE OF THE TRAINING, AND THE MEANS USED TO VERIFY THAT THE EMPLOYEE UNDERSTOOD THE TRAINING AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.71(c); AND
ITS EMPLOYEES, INVOLVED IN OPERATING THE PROCESS AND MAINTENANCE, AND CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, WHOSE JOB TASKS WOULD BE AFFECTED BY A CHANGE IN THE PROCESS, WERE INFORMED OF, AND TRAINIED IN, THE CHANGE PRIOR TO START-UP OF THE PROCESS OR AFFECTED PARTS OF THE PROCESS AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR SECTION 68.75(c).