AUGUST 4, 2025 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER
The EPA inspected the Facility on December 5, 2023.
Having found that settlement is consistent with the provisions and objectives of RCRA and applicable regulations, the EPA and Respondent have agreed to settle this action pursuant to 40 C.F.R. ? 22.18 and consent to the entry of this Agreement without the Respondent's admission of violation or adjudication of any issues of law or fact herein.
The EPA alleges that Respondent violated the following requirements of RCRA, and the EPA approved and authorized NCDEQ hazardous waste management program found in the North Carolina Solid Waste Management Law, N.C.G.S. ?? 130A-17 to -28 and 130A- 290 to - 310.22, and the North Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Rules, 15A NCAC 13A .0101 to .0119. As the State's authorized hazardous waste program operates in lieu of the federal RCRA program, the citations for the violations of those authorized provisions alleged herein will be to the authorized State program. For ease of reference, the federal citations will follow in brackets.
a. Respondent is a large quantity handler of universal waste (LQHUW), as it accumulates over 5,000 kilograms of universal waste in a calendar year.
b. A LQHUW must clearly mark universal waste batteries, or a container or tank in which the batteries are contained, with one of the
following phrases: Universal Waste - Battery(ies), or Waste Battery(ies), or Used Battery(i