9/13/12 - CONSENT AGMT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $49,410, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ON JULY 5 & 15, 2011, EPA PERFORMED A CEI AND A CASE DEVELOPMENT INSPECTION (CDI) AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
ALLEGATIONS:
RESPONDENT STORED USED OIL IN CONTAINERS THAT WERE NOT LABELED OR MARKED CLARLY WITH THE WORDS USED OIL.
RESPONDENT FAILED TO CLEAN UP AND PROPERLY MANAGE USED OIL RELEASES UPON DETECTION.
EPA OBSERVED UNLABEL CONTAINERS HOLDING SPENT MINERAL SPIRITS THAT HAD BEEN USED TO CLEAN PAINTING SUPPLIES IN THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING. THESE CONTAINERS WERE OPEN WHILE WAS NOT BEING ADDED OR REMOVED AND WERE NOT LABELED WITH THE WORDS HAZARDOUS WASTE OR OTHER WORDS THAT IDENTIFIED THE CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINERS.
EPA OBSERVED ALUMINUM ENAMEL STAINING ON TEH GROUND IN THE WAREHOUSE, MERCURY STORED IN GLASS JARS ON A TABLE WITH NO CONTAINMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEBRIS DISASSEMBLED, BROKEN AND DISCARDED ON THE FLOOR IN THE WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS.
EPA OBSERVED THAT THE FACILITY WAS NOT PROPERLY IDENTIFYING SOLID WASTES GENERATED AT ITS FACILITY AND SUBSEQUENTLY NO HAZARDOUS WASTE DETERMINATIONS WERE BEING MADE ON THE SOLID WASTES. THESE WASTES INCLUDE ELECTORNIC WASTES, DISCARDED GLASS JARS OF MERCURY, BROKEN FLUROESCENT BULGS, DISCARDED SHREDDED AND BROKEN CIRCUIT BOARDS, AND A VARIETY OF WASTE-CONTAINING DRUMS IN THE WAREHOUSE.
BASED ON MANIFESTS REVIEWED AND INFO DISCLOSED BY RESPONDENT TO EPA, RESPONDENT HAD BOTH STORED QUANTITIES OF HAZ WASTE IN EXCESS OF 100 KGs AND