12/23/2013 - NOTICE OF DETERMINATION ISSUED.
IN A DECEMBER 22, 2008, LETTER TO EPA, RESPONDENT DISCLOSED VIOLATIONS OF CWA SPCC, RCRA, AND TSCA. PURSUANT TO THE AUTDIT POLICY, AND BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE RESPONDENT, THE EPA MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINAL DETERMINATION FOR THE FEDERALLY ENFORCEABLE VIOLATION AS IDENTIFIED BY THE COLLEGE. THE RESPONDENT'S SELF-DISCLOSURE MET THE CONDITIONS OF THE AUDIT POLICY FOR 100 PERCENT ELIMINATION OF THE GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. THUS, THE EPA WILL NOT SEEK GRAVITY-BASED FOR THESE VIOLATIONS. IN ADDITION, NO ECONOMIC BENEFIT WAS FOUND. CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSES OF THE AUDITY POLICY, AND AS AGREED TO IN ITS DISCLOSURES AND IN THE JUNE 22, 2007, AUDIT AGREEMENT, THE EPA EXPECTS THE FACILITY TO INSTITUTE, ON A CONTINUING AND CAMPUS-WIDE BASIS, THE INTERNAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF VIOLATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS.