9/19/2013 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $12,952 (CERCLA VIOLATIONS - $4,323 AND EPCRA VIOLATION $8,629). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ORDER ALLEGES:
VIOLATION OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA
ON JULY 11, 2012, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE ABOVE THE RQ AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103(a) OF CERCLA.
VIOLATION OF SECTION 304(a) OF EPCRA
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 SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
VIOLATION OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA
RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TO LEPC WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.