An ammonia refrigerated food processing facility will pay a civil penalty of $3,000,990 for violations of the Clean Air Act and EPCRA, and $8,865 for violations of CERCLA resulting from a 32,000 pound release of ammonia. This after OSHA cited the facility for the same release in 2011 for $52,500 for 16 PSM violations. ALL, but the OCA citations, from this EPA inspection are IDENTICAL requirements from OSHA’s PSM, yet the results are HUGELY different! Here are the details; I can’t say I agree with all of them, but this gives us some idea as to why EPA issued their recent enforcement alert to the ammonia refrigeration industry.