Respondent owns and operates a processed cheese manufacturing facility. On or about December 16-18, 2024, representatives of the EPA conducted an inspection of Respondent’s Facility to determine compliance with 40 C.F.R. Part 68 (the “Subject Compliance Inspection”). Information gathered during the EPA’s Inspection revealed that the Respondent had greater than 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia in a process at its Facility and that the Respondent uses anhydrous ammonia for refrigeration of cheese products in storage as well as for cooling of manufacturing process lines and therefore is engaged in a process at its Facility as defined by 40 C.F.R. Part 68.
