U.S. EPA FILES A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY
On September 26, 2005, Region 5 filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order with Ford Motor Company, Ford) for its plant, located at 12600 South Torrence Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The Region alleged that Ford had failed to: a) mark two containers of F019 hazardous waste with the words �hazardous waste,� and make visible the date that the accumulation period of the F019 waste began; b) on three occasions, to conduct weekly inspections of its container storage area; c) store used rags contaminated with F003 and F005 hazardous waste in containers, mark the containers with the words �hazardous waste,� and make visible the date that the accumulation period of the F003 and F005 waste began; d) manifest containers containing used rags contaminated with F003 and F005 hazardous waste and meet the testing, tracking, and record-keeping requirements of the land disposal restrictions for these contaminated used rags; and e) on 27 separate occasions, meet the testing, tracking, and record-keeping requirements of the land disposal restrictions for F003 and F005 hazardous waste from the purge reclaim tank, by shipping this waste under the wrong hazardous waste code.
Ford agreed to resolve this matter with a payment of a civil penalty amount of $20,394