9/3/2013 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $8,846. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ORDER ALLEGES:
VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA
ON JULY 19, 2012, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO THE SERC AND LEPC WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.