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GEO SHIPYARD, INC., A LOUISIANA CORPORATION

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 38000

$15K
Penalty
—
Cost recovery
$40K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1998-0306
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 3008 OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT OF 1976 ( RCRA ), 42 U.S.C. SECTION 6928, AS AMENDED BY THE HAZARDOUS AND SOLID WASTE AMENDMENTS OF 1984. 2. GEO SHIPYARD, INC., A LOUISIANA CORPORATION 4817 S. LEWIS STREET NEW IBERIA, IBERIA PARISH, LOUISIANA 70560 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SUBTITLE C OF RCRA BY 1) FAILURE TO MEET THE EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS OF 90 DAYS OR LESS HAZARDOUS WASTE FOR GENERATORS, 2) FAILURE TO ADE- QUATELY MANAGE HAZARDOUS WASTE AT OR NEAR THE POINT OF GENERATION, 3) FAILURE TO NOTIFY AND OBTAIN AN EPA IDEN- TIFICATION NUMBER, AND 4) FAILURE TO PREPARE AN ANNUAL HAZARDOUS WASTE REPORT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3008 OF RCRA, EPA PRO- POSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $14,850 FOR THE VIOLATIONS CITED. EPA ALSO ISSUED A COMPLIANCE ORDER REQUIRING THE RESPONDENT TO: A) UPON RECEIPT OF COMPLAINT, TAKE THE NE- CESSARY STEPS TO ENSURE THAT EACH CONTAINER OF HAZ. WASTE HAS THE DATE UPON WHICH EACH PERIOD OF ACCUMULATION BE- GINS, LABELED, OR CLEARLY MARKED WITH THE WORDS HAZARD- OUS WASTE AND VISIBLE FOR INSPECTION, AND TAKE THE NE- CESSARY STEPS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PROCEDURES WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT AREAS AT OR NEAR THE POINT OF HAZ. WASTE GENERATION ARE MAINTAINED IN COMPLIANCE; B) UPON RECEIPT OF COMPLAINT, TAKE THE NECESSARY

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