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THOMBERT, INC., NEWTON, IA

Administrative - Formal · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 43524

$30K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
—
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
07-1989-0259
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

THE FACILITY HAS INTERIM STATUS FOR CONTAINER STORAGE AND IS PRESENTLY PROCEEDING THROUGH THE CLOSURE PROCESS TO TERMIN- ATE INTERIM STATUS. A 9/87 EPA INSPCETION REVEALED THAT THE FACILITY WAS TREATING ITS SPENT METHYLENE CHLORIDE BY DRYING IT IN AN OVEN AND DISPOSING OF ITS RESIDUE AT THE LOCAL SAN- ITARY LANDFILL. THE FACILITY WAS ALSO DISPOSING OF ANOTHER WASTE STREAM AT THE LANDFILL WHICH LATER WAS FOUND TO BE A CHARACTERISTIC HAZARDOUS WASTE.

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