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Leakage
rate |
Per Day |
Per Month |
Per
Year |
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One Drop in 10
Seconds |
0.112 |
3.36 |
40 |
|
One Drop in 5
Seconds |
0.225 |
6.75 |
81 |
|
One Drop per
Second |
1.125 |
33.75 |
405 |
|
Three Drops per
Second |
3.75 |
112.5 |
1,350 |
|
Drops Break into
Stream |
24 |
720 |
8,640 |
|
* source Mobil
Oil |
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Do you know what
navigable stream or
waters is? | |
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Are you familiar with the
federal CERCLA Section 103(a) and EPCRA 304(a) immediate, EPCRA 304(c)
notification, and continuous
release reporting requirements?*
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Do you know when a release is
into "the environment", and reportable? 
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Need help with spill
containment ideas or supplies?
Are sumps secure?
What about other
chemicals?*
This is a complicated area with
major penalty provisions.
To report
to National Response Center
Chemical
Spills/ Releases *
EPA Settles
with Kellogg for Hazardous Chemical Release Reporting Violations; $20,110
Fine
News Release #03-OPA084, released 6/10/2003.
*Note: State and local agencies may also have
release notification requirements, that need to be addressed! Georgia for example has statute or law on
releases OCGA
12-14-1 with civil
penalty up to $1000 per day. Also the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) has a reporting
requirement.
The abandonment of hazardous
waste perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene
or "perc") F001 at an closed dry cleaner is considered a
release under CERCLA. CERCLA section 101(22) defines "release" as any "...spilling,
leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting,
escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment (including
the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed
receptacles containing any hazardous substance or pollutant or
contaminant)...."
Fines can go up to $32,500 per
violation per day. Note: EPA has increased
penalty to $32,500.
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