Municipality of Toa Baja - Department of Transportation & Public Works

Respondent, in carrying out its preventive maintenance and mechanic services and in conducting normal building maintenance operations, has been generating “solid waste,” as that term is defined in 40 C.F.R.§ 261.2, and “hazardous waste,” as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 261.3, in various maintenance areas, mechanic shop, warehouses and other areas of the Facility. The Facility failed to make hazardous waste determinations (40 CFR 262.11), to minimize risks (40 CFR 265.31), to manage the standards for Universal Waste (40 C.F.R § 273) and to comply with used oil requirements (40 CFR §279). A Consent Agreement / Final Order was signed between the parties under which the respondent agreed to pay a final penalty.