8/16/12 - CONSENT AGMT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $20,600, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON FEB 1, 2012, EPA PERFORMED A RCRA COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION (CEI) OF THE RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
AT THE TIME OF THE CEI, RESPONDENT WAS STORING HAZ WASTE IN ITS 90-DAY HAZ WASTE ACCUMULATION AREA WITH AISLE SPACE THAT WAS INADEQUATE TO ALLOW UNOBSTRUCTED MOVEMENT OF PERSONNEL IN AND ABOUT THE AREA.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED GA CODE ANN 12-8-66 (RCRA 3005(a)), FOR STORING HAZ WASTE W/OUT PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS, BECAUSE RESPONDENT FAILED TO MEET A CONDITION OF THE LQG PERMIT EXEMPTION IN GA COMP R & REGS r. 391-3-11-.08(1) (40 CFR 262.34(a)(4)) BY NOT PROVIDING ADEQUATE AISLE SPACE AS REQUIRED BY GA COMP R & REGS r 391-3-11-.10(1) (40 CFR 265.35).
AT THE TIME OF THE CEI, RESPONDENT WAS STORING HAZ WASTE IN ITS 90-DAY HAZ WASTE ACCUMULATION AREA W/OUT MARKING ALL CONTAINERS WITH ACCUMULATION START DATES OR LABELING THEM WITH THE WORDS HAZARDOUS WASTE.
EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED GA CODE ANN 12-8-66 (RCRA 3005(a)), FOR STORING HAZ WASTE W/OUT A PERMIT OR INTERIM STATUS, BECAUSE RESPONDENT FAILED TO MEET A CONDITION OF THE LQG PERMIT EXEMPTION BY NOT PROVIDING ALL OF ITS HAZ WASTE CONTAINERS WITH THE NECESSARY MARKINGS AS REQUIRED BY GA COMP R & REGS r 391-3-11-.08(1) (40 CFR 262.34(a)(2) AND (3).
AT THE TIME OF THE CEI, RESPONDENT HAD NOT BEEN PERFORMING WEEKLY INSPECTIONS FOR 4 WEEKS ON THE CONTAINERS OF HAZ WASTE STORED IN ITS 90