6/12/06- CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $7,500, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. EPA ALLEGATIONS: THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO FILL OUT FOUR MANIFESTS CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO 40 CFR 262.54(d). THESE MANIFESTS DID NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED STATEMENT, AND CONFORMS TO THE TERMS OF THE ATTACHED EPA ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF CONSENT. PURSUANT TO 40 CFR 262.56(a), EXPORTERS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MUST FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT WITH THE EPA ADMINISTRATOR NO LATER THAN MARCH 1 OF EACH YEAR. THE ANNUAL REPORT MUST BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED ACCORDING TO 40 CFR 262.56, WHICH SPECIFIES, ACCORDING TO 40 CFR 262.56(a)(4), THAT THE ANNUAL REPORT MUST INCLUDE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE SHIPPED FOR THAT YEAR. ALTHOUGH RESPONDENT'S MANIFESTS INDICATE THAT RESPONDENT EXPORTED 132,000 POUNDS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TO CANADA IN 2004, RESPONDENT'S 2004 ANNUAL REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE EPA ADMINISRATOR ON FEBRUARY 28, 2005, STATED THAT RESPONDENT HAD EXPORTED NO HAZARDOUS WASTE IN 2004. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO SUBMIT A CORRECT ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2004. ON MARCH 15, 2006, EPA HQs RECEIVED RESPONDENT'S CORRECTLY AMENDED 2004 ANNUAL REPORT.