9/24/14 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF 1,438 FOR THE CERCLA VIOLATION AND $1,438 FOR THE EPCRA VIOLATION. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON JUNE 4, 2013, RESPONDENT HAD A RELEASE OF METHYLENE CHLORIDE ABOVE THE REPORTABLE QUANTITY (RQ) AT THE FACILITY. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERCLA 103(a) AND THE APPLICABLE CERCLA REGS, 40 CFR 302.6, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE NRC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF METHYLENE CHLORIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ITS RQ. EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF EPCRA 304(a) AND THE APPLICABLE REGS AT 40 CFR 355, SUBPART C, BY FAILING TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SERC AND LEPC AS SOON AS RESPONDENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELEASE OF METHYLENE CHLORIDE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE RQ AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.