5/2/2014 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY OF $59,865 ($11,505 FOR CERCLA VIOLATION AND $48,360 FOR EPCRA VIOLATIONS). RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
EPA ALLEGES THAT, ON AUGUST 22, 2011, A RELEASE OF AMMONIA ABOVE THE RQ OCCURRED AT THE FACILITY THAT RESULTED IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO PERSONS BEYOND THE SITE OR SITES ON WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT AND PROVIDE COMMERCE VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION OF 304(a) OF EPCRA, AND THAT THEY FAILED TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS THEY HAD KNOWLEDGE OF A RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT THE FACILITY.
EPA ALLEGES THAT, ON AUGUST 22, 2011, A RELEASE OF AMMONIA ABOVE THE RQ OCCURRED AT THE FACILITY THAT RESULTED IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO PERSONS BEYOND THE SITE OR SITES ON WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT AND PROVIDE COMMERCE VIOLATED THE NOTIFCATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304(c) OF EPCRA, BY FAILING TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN FOLLOW-UP EMERGENCY NOTICE TOTHE LEPC WHEN THERE HAD BEEN A RELEASE OF AMMONIA IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ.
EPA ALLEGES THAT, ON AUGUST 22, 2011, A RELEASE OF AMMONIA ABOVE THE RQ OCCURRED AT THE FACILITY THAT RESULTED IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO PERSONS BEYOND THE SITE OR SITES ON WHICH THE FACILITY IS LOCATED.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT OR PROVIDE COMMERCE FAILED TO SU