On December 7, 2011, EPA Region 6 issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) under its authority pursuant to the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) Section 3008(a) to Agrifos Fertilizer, LLC, located in Pasadena, Texas. The CAFO was issued in response to violations of: 1. Disposal of hazardous waste without a RCRA permit or Interim Status; 2. Failure to meet Land Disposal Restrictions Standards; 3. Failure to make a hazardous waste determination; 4. Processing (treating) hazardous waste without a RCRA permit or Interim Status; 5. Improper storage of used oil; 6. Improper routing of effluent form scrubber through cooling tower; and 7. Failure to certify compliance with the requirements of 40 C.F.R. 63.603(e). The CAFO requires Agriofs to pay $ 1.8 million in penalty, plus perform $600,000.00 in Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs). Agrifos must respond to EPA Region 6 by January 7, 2012. For more information, see documents below.