The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today fined Los Angeles-based Kop Coat, Inc. $126,000 for violating hazardous waste requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. During a 2007 inspection of the facility, EPA investigators found that Kop Coat, Inc., an industrial coatings manufacturer, had multiple hazardous waste violations.
Kop Coat, Inc.:
 stored hazardous waste without a permit;
 failed to meet emission standards for tanks and containers;
 failed to provide an internal communications or alarm system capable of furnishing immediate emergency instruction to facility personnel or local first responders;
 failed to perform weekly inspections; and
 failed to properly provide and maintain personnel training.