9/21/12 - CONSENT AGMT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $50,000 DUE IN INSTALLMENTS. THE FIRST PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. FINAL PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 24 MONTHS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON MARCH 8, 2010, EPA AND FDEP PERFORMED A RCRA COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION (CEI) OF RESPONDENT'S FACILITY.
AT THE TIME OF THE CEI:
RESPONDENT HAD NOT MADE A HAZ WASTE DETERMINATION ON CERTAIN SOLID WASTES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMMITED TO SOLVEN-LADEN RAGS OBSERVED BEING STORED IN THE PAINTING AREA OF ITS FACILITY IN CONTAINERS ALONG WITH NON-HAZ WASTE.
EPA AND FDEP INSPECTORS OBSERVED CONTAINERS OF HAZ WASTE IN MULTIPLE SATELLITE ACCUMULATION AREAS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY THAT WERE OPEN ALTHOUGH HAZ WASTE WAS NOT AT THE TIME BEING ADDED OR REMOVED, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: TWO CONTAINERS IN THE METAL PREP AREA; ONE CONTAINER IN THE VISUAL MERCHANDIZING DISPLAY AREA; FIVE CONTAINERS IN THE PAINT BOOTH/BASE COAT AREA; AND TWO CONTAINERS IN THE FINISHING AREA.
EPA AN FDEP INSPECTORS OBSERVED CONTAINERS OF HAZ WASTE IN MULTIPLE SATELLITE ACCUMULATION AREAS THROUGHOUT THE FAICLITY WITHOUT THE WORDS, HAZARDOUS WASTE OR OTHER WORDS THAT IDENTIFY THE CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINERS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: TWO CONTAINERS IN THE METAL PREP AREA; ONE CONTAINER IN THE VISUAL MERCHANDIZING DISPLAY AREA; FIVE CONTAINERS IN THE PAINT BOOTH/BASE COAT AREA; AND TWO CONTAINERS IN THIS FINISHING AREA.
EPA AND FDEP INSPECTORS OBSERVED EIGHT 55-GALLONS DRUMS CONTAINING WASTE ZINC CHROMATE FILTERS, A D