The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed a $32, 500 complaint against Jet Ocean Technologies of Chino, Calif. for failing to notify the EPA of a cathode ray tube export shipment, in violation of federal hazardous waste laws.
In March, the EPA was alerted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to the presence of a shipping container of Âscrap metal that contained 441 computer monitors with cathode ray tubes, commonly known as CRTs. The container was owned by Jet Ocean Technologies, and had been shipped to Hong Kong, where it was rejected by customs authorities.
New regulations took effect in January 2007 requiring exporters shipping broken or unbroken CRTs to another country for recycling to notify the EPA and receive written consent from the receiving country before shipments can be made.