Respondent owns and operates two (2) anhydrous ammonia distributing facilities. EPA Region 7 conducted inspections at the one (1) facility in August 2023 and at the other facility in December 2024 to determine compliance with Section 112(r) of the CAA and 40 C.F.R. Part 68. Information gathered during the EPA inspections revealed that Respondent hadcgreater than 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia in a process at its Facilities. Information gathered during the EPA inspection revealed that Respondent stores and distributes agricultural products, including anhydrous ammonia, at its Facilities, and therefore is engaged in a process at its Facilities.
From the time Respondent first had onsite at each Facility greater than 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia in a process, Respondent was required under Section 112(r)(7) of the CAA, to submit an RMP for each Facility pursuant to 40 C.F.R. § 68.12(a) and comply with the Program 2 requirements provided at 40 C.F.R. § 68.12(c) and detailed in Subpart C.