7/10/2024 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $69,300 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON JULY 20, 2022, THE EPA SENT RESPONDENT A NOTICE OF INSPECTION OF ITS FACILITY PURSUANT TO SECTION LL(A) OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2610(A), TO DETERMINE RESPONDENT?S COMPLIANCE WITH TSCA AND REQUESTED CERTAIN RECORDS PERTAINING TO ITS MANUFACTURE AND IMPORTATION OF CHEMICALS. ON AUGUST 25, 2022, AUTHORIZED AGENTS OF THE EPA REGION 4 CONDUCTED A TSCA INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
UPON REVIEW OF RECORDS SUBMITTED BY THE RESPONDENT AND INFORMATION PROVIDED DURING A SHOW CAUSE MEETING PERTAINING TO 2020 CDR REPORTING FOR REPORTABLE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES THAT WERE MANUFACTURED (INCLUDING IMPORTED) FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IN QUANTITIES GREATER THAN 25,000 POUNDS IN CALENDAR YEARS 2016 ? 2019, THE EPA DETERMINED RESPONDENT FAILED TO SUBMIT A 2020 CDR REPORT FOR THESE THREE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES DURING THE 2020 CDR SUBMISSION PERIOD PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. ? 711.15.
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTIONS 8 AND 15 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ?? 2607 AND 2614, AND 40 C.F.R. ?711.15, BY FAILING TO SUBMIT A 2020 CDR REPORT FOR THE THREE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES DURING THE 2020 CDR SUBMISSION PERIOD WHICH ENDED ON JANUARY 29, 2021.