11/5/2008 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $15,982, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ON FEB 19, 2008, EPA AND FDEP PERFORMED A RCRA COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION (CEI) OF THE FACILITY. DURING THE CEI, EPA AND FDEP NOTED THE FOLLOWING:
A. THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE LEAD GROUP STORAGE BUILDING UNIT HAD A GAP BETWEEN THE WALLS.
B. RESPONDENT WAS STORING SLAG THAT EXHIBITED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TOXICITY FOR BARIUM AND LEAD IN A BIND (DESIGNATED BY THE FACILITY AS BIN 4 IN THE SLAG STORAGE BUILDING).
C. BIN 4 WAS NOT DESIGNED OR OPERATED IN A MANNER THAT CONFINED THE SLAG WITHIN THE CONTAINMENT BUILDING.
D. RESPONDENT FAILED TO CLEAN OIL RELEASED BOTH INSIDE THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, AND ON A CONCRETE PAD BEHIND THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING.
E. IN THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING RESPONDENT WAS STORING ONE 55-GALLON USED-OIL CONTAINER THAT WAS LEAKING USED OIL.
F. RESPONDENT FAILED TO INCLUDE ITS EPA ID NUMBER ON 2 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFESTS.
G. RESPONDENT FAILED TO PROVIDE RCRA TRAINING TO SOME OF ITS EMPLOYEES.
ORDER REQUIRES:
WITHIN 30 DAYS, RESPONDENT SHALL:
A. SUBMIT TO EPA AND FDEP A CERTIFICATION SIGNED BY A PROFESSIONAL STATE OF FL CERTIFIED-ENGINEER STATING THAT THE SLAG STORAGE BUILDING COMPLIES WITH THE DESIGN STANDARDS SPECIFIED IN 40 CFR 265.1101.
B. SUBMIT TO EPA AND FDEP A CERTIFICATION SIGNED BY A PROFESSIONAL STATE OF FL CERTIFIED-ENGINEER STATING THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE LEAD GROUP STORAGE BLDG HAS NOT B